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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: "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: "Everyone knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything cooly is to do it genteelly."

Everyone knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything cooly is to do it genteelly.



Herman Melville Quotes: "At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect."

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.




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: "As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and christianise Christendom?"

Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and christianise Christendom?




Herman Melville Quotes: "There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals."

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Of all nature's animated kingdoms, fish are the most unchristian, inhospitable, heartless, and cold-blooded of creatures."

Of all nature's animated kingdoms, fish are the most unchristian, inhospitable, heartless, and cold-blooded of creatures.



Herman Melville Quotes: "There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath."

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Aid my disillusionment, my friend!"

Aid my disillusionment, my friend!



Herman Melville Quotes: "Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.




Herman Melville Quotes: "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it."

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.



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: "Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling."

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters."

Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.



Herman Melville Quotes: "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."

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.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?"

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?



Herman Melville Quotes: "Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor"

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor



Herman Melville Quotes: "Niggards are oftentimes neat."

Niggards are oftentimes neat.



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 be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment."

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.



Herman Melville Quotes: "The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run"

The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run



Herman Melville Quotes: "Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves."

Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves.



Herman Melville Quotes: "My body is but the lees of my better being."

My body is but the lees of my better being.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Only the man who says no is free"

Only the man who says no is free



Herman Melville Quotes: "Stay true to the dreams of thy youth."

Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.



Herman Melville Quotes: "It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open."

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open.



Herman Melville Quotes: "The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead."

The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.



Herman Melville Quotes: "All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate-- Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate."

All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate-- Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate.



Herman Melville Quotes: "It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life."

It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing."

Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing.



Herman Melville Quotes: "The eyes are the gateway to the soul."

The eyes are the gateway to the soul.



Herman Melville Quotes: "I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one."

I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning."

Truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee."

Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee.



Herman Melville Quotes: "All the world over, the picturesque yields to the pocketesque."

All the world over, the picturesque yields to the pocketesque.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Failure is the true test of greatness"

Failure is the true test of greatness



Herman Melville Quotes: "Honor lies in the mane of a horse."

Honor lies in the mane of a horse.



Herman Melville Quotes: "Truth is in things, and not in words."

Truth is in things, and not in words.



Herman Melville Quotes: "The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head"

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head



Herman Melville Quotes: "For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books."

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.



Herman Melville Quotes: "He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great."

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.



Herman Melville Quotes: "I try all things, I achieve what I can."

I try all things, I achieve what I can.



Herman Melville Quotes: "To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.



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: "Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges."

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.



Herman Melville Quotes: "There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke."

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.



Herman Melville Quotes: "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."

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.