When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
HERMAN MELVILLETo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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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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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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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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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.
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Only the man who says no is free
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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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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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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