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Own Quotes by Herman Melville
- See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He burns, too, the purest of…
- Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
- One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual's own…
- The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting…
- In our own hearts, we mold the whole world's hereafters; and in our own hearts we fashion our own gods.
- It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled…
- No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean…
- Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any…
- A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if any one man, in…
- Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our…
- It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and…
- Madman! Look through my eyes if thou hast none of thine own.
- Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother Jove? Surely all this…
- Surely no mere mortal who has at all gone down into himself will ever pretend that his slightest thought or act solely originates in his…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov