Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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More Herman Melville Quotes
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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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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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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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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