One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is not down in any map; true places never are.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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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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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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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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