To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLEAs for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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