Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
HERMAN MELVILLEMeditation and water are wedded for ever.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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