More from Herman Melville
A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Failure is the test of greatness.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville 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.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville My body is but the lees of my better being.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
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More on god
The gods are on the side of the stronger.
TacitusTacitus I wish to God that Apple and Google were partners in the future.
Steve WozniakSteve Wozniak You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
Pliny the ElderPliny the Elder God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.
HannibalHannibal I don’t believe that prayers actually change God’s mind – if there is a God – but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
A. J. JacobsA. J. Jacobs I’m definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you’re not having fun here, you shouldn’t be here.
A. J. BurnettA. J. Burnett I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man, and therefore I am a god.
CaligulaCaligula