Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
HERMAN MELVILLEBetter to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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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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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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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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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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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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