I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
HERMAN MELVILLEIf you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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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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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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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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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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Only the man who says no is free
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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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