Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
HERMAN MELVILLEIgnorance is the parent of fear.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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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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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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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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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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