The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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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 path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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