Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
HERMAN MELVILLEHope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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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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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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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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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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