We cannot live for ourselves alone.
HERMAN MELVILLEOld age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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