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.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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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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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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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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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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