You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
HERMAN MELVILLEA book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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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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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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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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Only the man who says no is free
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