You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
HERMAN MELVILLEMy body is but the lees of my better being.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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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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Only the man who says no is free
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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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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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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