Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
More Herman Melville Quotes
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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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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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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