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Author - Herman Melville
Quotes by : Herman Melville
fear
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when....
compassion
Close! stand close to me, Starbuck; let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea....
hypocrisy
Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness
courage
... the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered....
warfare
War yet shall be, but warriors are now operatives; war's made less grand than peace.
Strangest problems of life seem clearing but clouds sweep between--Is my journey’s end coming?
threat
At such times, under an abated sun; afloat all day upon smooth, slow heaving swells; seated in his boat,....
men
[T]here is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.....
adventure
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.
Children
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence....
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