Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is not down in any map; true places never are.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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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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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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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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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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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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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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