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Herman Melville quotes: In what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will never weary? In what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will never weary?
Herman Melville quotes: Prayer draws us near to our own souls. Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
Herman Melville quotes: The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one. The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.
Herman Melville quotes: Genius is full of trash. Genius is full of trash.
Herman Melville quotes: In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence. In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
Herman Melville quotes: There's something ever egotistical in mountain tops and towers, and all things grand and lofty. There's something ever egotistical in mountain tops and towers, and all things grand and lofty.
Herman Melville quotes: Multiply. Nor was there any earthly reason why I as a sailor should Multiply. Nor was there any earthly reason why I as a sailor should
Herman Melville quotes: So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that. So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that.
Herman Melville quotes: Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters. Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
Herman Melville quotes: The eyes are the gateway to the soul. The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
Herman Melville quotes: Their hands met; their eyes fastened; Starbuck's tears the glue. Their hands met; their eyes fastened; Starbuck's tears the glue.
Herman Melville quotes: of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things. On its round border it bore the of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things. On its round border it bore the
Herman Melville quotes: There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method. There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
Herman Melville quotes: I've part changed my flesh since that time, why not my mind? I've part changed my flesh since that time, why not my mind?
Herman Melville quotes: The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature. The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.
Herman Melville quotes: Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian. Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.
Herman Melville quotes: It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha. It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.
Herman Melville quotes: An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea. An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea.
Herman Melville quotes: There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.
Herman Melville quotes: I try all things, I achieve what I can. I try all things, I achieve what I can.
Herman Melville quotes: The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
Herman Melville quotes: Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
Herman Melville quotes: Call me Ishmael. Call me Ishmael.
Herman Melville quotes: If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water. If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
Herman Melville quotes: There is all the different in the world between paying and being paid. There is all the different in the world between paying and being paid.
Herman Melville quotes: Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it. Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it.
Herman Melville quotes: Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none. Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
Herman Melville quotes: Have an eye to the molasses tierce, Mr. Stubb; it was a little leaky, I thought. If ye touch at the islands, Mr. Flask, beware of fornication. Have an eye to the molasses tierce, Mr. Stubb; it was a little leaky, I thought. If ye touch at the islands, Mr. Flask, beware of fornication.
Herman Melville quotes: in coat, heart, body, and brain; in coat, heart, body, and brain;
Herman Melville quotes: Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after. Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.
Herman Melville quotes: 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. 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.
Herman Melville quotes: From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop. From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
Herman Melville quotes: Wag the world how it will, Leaves must be green in Spring. Wag the world how it will, Leaves must be green in Spring.
Herman Melville quotes: 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. 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.
Herman Melville quotes: Indolence is heaven 's ally here, And energy the child of hell : The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well. Indolence is heaven 's ally here, And energy the child of hell : The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well.
Herman Melville quotes: A book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf - at any rate it is safer from criticism. A book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf - at any rate it is safer from criticism.
Herman Melville quotes: CHAPTER 64 Stubb's Supper CHAPTER 64 Stubb's Supper
Herman Melville quotes: The only real owner of anything is its commander; The only real owner of anything is its commander;
Herman Melville quotes: Of erections how few are domed like St. Peter's! of creatures, how few vast as the whale! Of erections how few are domed like St. Peter's! of creatures, how few vast as the whale!
Herman Melville quotes: We cannot live for ourselves alone. We cannot live for ourselves alone.
Herman Melville quotes: No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses. No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
Herman Melville quotes: Go mad I cannot: I maintainThe perilous outpost of the sane. Go mad I cannot: I maintain
The perilous outpost of the sane.
Herman Melville quotes: an eight day clock. an eight day clock.
Herman Melville quotes: In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend. In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
Herman Melville quotes: In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery. In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.
Herman Melville quotes: Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him. Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him.
Herman Melville quotes: ...if you gobern de shark in you, why den you be angel; for all angel is not'ing more dan de shark well goberned. ...if you gobern de shark in you, why den you be angel; for all angel is not'ing more dan de shark well goberned.
Herman Melville quotes: Report of Daniel Webster's Speech in the U.S. Senate Report of Daniel Webster's Speech in the U.S. Senate
Herman Melville quotes: The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils. The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
Herman Melville quotes: We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother. We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother.
Herman Melville quotes: Wherefore, for all these things, we account the whale immortal in his species, however perishable in his individuality. He Wherefore, for all these things, we account the whale immortal in his species, however perishable in his individuality. He
Herman Melville quotes: Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more? Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?
Herman Melville quotes: War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character. War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.
Herman Melville quotes: Contempt is as frequently produced at first sight as love. Contempt is as frequently produced at first sight as love.
Herman Melville quotes: Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks. Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks.
Herman Melville quotes: And tell him to paint me a sign, with-"no suicides permitted here, and no smoking in the parlor;" might as well kill both birds at once. And tell him to paint me a sign, with-"no suicides permitted here, and no smoking in the parlor;" might as well kill both birds at once.
Herman Melville quotes: They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure. They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
Herman Melville quotes: Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
Herman Melville quotes: 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? 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?
Herman Melville quotes: But no more of this blubbering now, we are going a-whaling, and there is plenty of that yet to come. But no more of this blubbering now, we are going a-whaling, and there is plenty of that yet to come.
Herman Melville quotes: If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least. If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
Herman Melville quotes: 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. 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 Melville quotes: There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities. There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.
Herman Melville quotes: I felt a melting in me. No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world. I felt a melting in me. No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world.
Herman Melville quotes: Traveling takes the ink out of one's pen as well as the cash out of one's purse. Traveling takes the ink out of one's pen as well as the cash out of one's purse.
Herman Melville quotes: What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not always what least allures. What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not always what least allures.
Herman Melville quotes: There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady. Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health. There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady. Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
Herman Melville quotes: Bachelors alone can travel freely, and without any twinges of their consciences touching desertion of the fire-side. Bachelors alone can travel freely, and without any twinges of their consciences touching desertion of the fire-side.
Herman Melville quotes: To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet from out of idleness, and not from out of toil. To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet from out of idleness, and not from out of toil.
Herman Melville quotes: In their precise tracings-out and subtle causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight. In their precise tracings-out and subtle causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
Herman Melville quotes: We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
Herman Melville quotes: Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing. Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
Herman Melville quotes: To treat of human actions is to deal wholly with second causes. To treat of human actions is to deal wholly with second causes.
Herman Melville quotes: Madman! Look through my eyes if thou hast none of thine own. Madman! Look through my eyes if thou hast none of thine own.
Herman Melville quotes: Faith and philosophy are air, but events are brass. Faith and philosophy are air, but events are brass.
Herman Melville quotes: The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would. The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
Herman Melville quotes: Whoever is not in the possession of leisure can hardly be said to possess independence. Whoever is not in the possession of leisure can hardly be said to possess independence.
Herman Melville quotes: Ahab and aguish lay stretched together in one hammock. Ahab and aguish lay stretched together in one hammock.
Herman Melville quotes: Yet, after all, insensible as he is to a thousand wants, and removed from harassing cares, my not the savage be the happier man..? Yet, after all, insensible as he is to a thousand wants, and removed from harassing cares, my not the savage be the happier man..?
Herman Melville quotes: Queequeq, my fine friend, does this sort of thing often happen? Queequeq, my fine friend, does this sort of thing often happen?
Herman Melville quotes: There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear - the city of London and the South Seas. There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear - the city of London and the South Seas.
Herman Melville quotes: The devil fetch ya, ya ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. The devil fetch ya, ya ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep.
Herman Melville quotes: Ah! how they still strove through that infinite blueness to seek out the thing that might destroy them! Why Ah! how they still strove through that infinite blueness to seek out the thing that might destroy them! Why
Herman Melville quotes: There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled. There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
Herman Melville quotes: For though consciences are as unlike as foreheads, every intelligence, not including the Scriptural devils who "believe and tremble" has one. For though consciences are as unlike as foreheads, every intelligence, not including the Scriptural devils who "believe and tremble" has one.
Herman Melville quotes: It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell. It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.
Herman Melville quotes: An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward. An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
Herman Melville quotes: Implacable I, the implacable Sea; Implacable most when most I smile serene- Pleased, not appeased, by myriad wrecks in me. Implacable I, the implacable Sea; Implacable most when most I smile serene- Pleased, not appeased, by myriad wrecks in me.
Herman Melville quotes: Only the man who says no is free Only the man who says no is free
Herman Melville quotes: for immortality is but ubiquity in time for immortality is but ubiquity in time
Herman Melville quotes: For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
Herman Melville quotes: Pott's, to whom I handed the work for translation, giving him a box of sperm candles Pott's, to whom I handed the work for translation, giving him a box of sperm candles
Herman Melville quotes: And yet a child's utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes. And yet a child's utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes.
Herman Melville quotes: He loved books, never going to sea without a newly replenished library, compact but of the best. He loved books, never going to sea without a newly replenished library, compact but of the best.
Herman Melville quotes: Often ill comes from the good, as good from ill. Often ill comes from the good, as good from ill.
Herman Melville quotes: I could ... see in Emerson ... that had he lived in those days when the world was made, he might have offered some valuable suggestions. I could ... see in Emerson ... that had he lived in those days when the world was made, he might have offered some valuable suggestions.
Herman Melville quotes: Don't whale it too much a' Lord's days, men; but don't miss a fair chance either, that's rejecting Heaven's good gifts. Don't whale it too much a' Lord's days, men; but don't miss a fair chance either, that's rejecting Heaven's good gifts.
Herman Melville quotes: He offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea. He offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea.
Herman Melville quotes: A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed. A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed.
Herman Melville quotes: A gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; A gentle sister is the second best gift to a man;

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