There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
HERMAN MELVILLE
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.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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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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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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