To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLEDream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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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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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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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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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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