The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEBetter to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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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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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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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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