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title: "22 Firsts Quotes By Herman Melville"
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> [contempt is as frequently produced at first sight as love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/contempt-is-as-frequently-produced-at-first-sight-as-love/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [“hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/hell-is-an-idea-first-born-on-an-undigested-apple-dumpling/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [We become sad in the first place because we have nothing stirring to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/we-become-sad-in-the-first-place-because-we-have-nothing-stirring-to/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/there-is-nothing-so-slipperily-alluring-as-sadness-we-become-sad-in/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/death-is-only-a-launching-into-the-region-of-the-strange-untried-it/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/surely-a-gentle-sister-is-the-second-best-gift-to-a-man-and-it-is/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [Of all human events, perhaps, the publication of a first volume of verses is the most insignificant; but though a matter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/of-all-human-events-perhaps-the-publication-of-a-first-volume-of/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/in-one-word-queequeg-said-i-rather-digressively-hell-is-an-idea-first-2/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [The pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-pulpit-is-ever-this-earth-s-foremost-part-all-the-rest-comes-in/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [For the profit of travel: in the first place, you get rid of a few prejudices… The prejudiced against color finds several…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/for-the-profit-of-travel-in-the-first-place-you-get-rid-of-a-few/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/personal-prudence-even-when-dictated-by-quite-other-than-selfish/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [There is no figure more common in scripture, and none more beautiful, than that by which Christ is likened unto light. Incomprehensible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/there-is-no-figure-more-common-in-scripture-and-none-more-beautiful/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/why-is-almost-every-robust-healthy-boy-with-a-robust-healthy-soul-in-2/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [The world is forever babbling of originality; but there never yet was an original man, in the sense intended by the world;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-world-is-forever-babbling-of-originality-but-there-never-yet-was/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/for-small-erections-may-be-finished-by-their-first-architects-grand-2/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/as-in-digging-for-precious-metals-in-the-mines-much-earthy-rubbish/)

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> [It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/it-is-often-to-be-observed-that-as-in-digging-for-precious-metals-in/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [ We are now in the midst of our first television war ... the television environment \[is\] total and therefore invisible. Along with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/we-are-now-in-the-midst-of-our-first-television-war-the-television/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [Those peculiar social sensibilities nourished by our own peculiar political principles, while they enhancethe true dignity of a prosperous American, do but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/those-peculiar-social-sensibilities-nourished-by-our-own-peculiar/)

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> [The late John Jacob Astor, a personage little given to poetic enthusiasm, had no hesitation in pronouncing my first grand point to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-late-john-jacob-astor-a-personage-little-given-to-poetic/)

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> [That hour in the life of a man when first the help of humanity fails him, and he learns that in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/that-hour-in-the-life-of-a-man-when-first-the-help-of-humanity-fails/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the "big canoe" of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/when-the-inhabitants-of-some-sequestered-island-first-descry-the-big/)

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## Other authors on Firsts

## More by Herman Melville

> [“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/and-man-though-idiotic-and-knowing-not-what-he-does-yet-full-of-the/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/but-were-the-coming-narrative-to-reveal-in-any-instance-the-complete/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/on-ralph-waldo-emerson-i-love-all-men-who-dive-any-fish-can-swim-near/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/so-seemed-it-to-me-as-i-stood-at-her-helm-and-for-long-hours-silently/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“the only real owner of anything is its commander;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-only-real-owner-of-anything-is-its-commander/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/consider-the-subtleness-of-the-sea-how-its-most-dreaded-creatures/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/is-it-that-by-its-indefiniteness-it-shadows-forth-the-heartless-voids/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/now-as-i-before-hinted-i-have-no-objection-to-any-person-s-religion/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/let-america-first-praise-mediocrity-even-in-her-children-before-she/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [Only the man who says no is free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/only-the-man-who-says-no-is-free/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/beneath-those-stars-is-a-universe-of-gliding-monsters/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/yet-this-is-life-for-hardly-have-we-mortals-by-long-toilings/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [I never fancied broiling fowls; - though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/i-never-fancied-broiling-fowls-though-once-broiled-judiciously/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/war-should-be-carried-on-like-a-monsoon-one-changeless-determination/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

> [Genius is full of trash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/genius-is-full-of-trash/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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