The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
HERMAN MELVILLEI know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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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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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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