The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
HERMAN MELVILLEOne of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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Only the man who says no is free
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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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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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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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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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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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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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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