It is not down in any map; true places never are.
HERMAN MELVILLESilence is the only Voice of our God.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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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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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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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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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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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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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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