Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
HERMAN MELVILLELife’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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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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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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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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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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