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.
HERMAN MELVILLEReal strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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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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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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