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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.

Herman Melville

For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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Horror Life Ocean Surround
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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Mistake Set Sign Strength Talk Way Weakness
Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Rule Sleep Thinking Yourself
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Bound Home Life One Liner
If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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Better Food World Yourself
In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Friendship Oneself Security
There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Charming Comfortable Empty Sadness Unknown
Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Forever Marriage Meditation One Liner Water
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Coast Love Myself Sea Travel Unknown
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?
HERMAN MELVILLE

Atheist Communication Kindness Men Principle Rule Thinking
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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Feeling Love Myself Nature Remote Sea
You cannot hide the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Hide One Liner Soul
Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Circle Genius Hands Recognition Round Run Shock Stand World
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Draw Map One Liner Place True
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Knowledge Ourselves Reason Wisdom
Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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Brain Calm Cool Heart Ourselves Thinking

There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.

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