Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
HERMAN MELVILLEArt is the objectification of feeling.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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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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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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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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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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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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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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