You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
HERMAN MELVILLEAn utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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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 are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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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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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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You cannot hide the soul.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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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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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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