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.
HERMAN MELVILLEOf 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.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Only the man who says no is free
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching countenance of mystery, underlying all the surfaces of visible time and space.
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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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