Philosophy Quote by Herman Melville Download Open image ““With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword”” — Herman Melville ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Philosophy
“With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“And in his eyes he had the look of the cat who inspires a desire to caress but loves no one, who never feels… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“One devoted to his cat would not leave it long alone. A cat’s loyalty is not a thing to be taken for granted, but… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“As a child he was fond of hanging cats and then burying them with ceremony.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Why did his mind pick its way as delicately as a cat through cactus?” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The cat . . . is for the man who appreciates beauty as the one living force in a blind and purposeless universe.” — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Cats are like witches. They don’t fight to kill, but to win. There is a difference. There’s no point in killing an opponent. That… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The man who will not defend the honour of his cat cannot be trusted to defend anything.” — Robert Lynd Copy Share Image
“There are those who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one...” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Y’know, if man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.” — Kenneth C. Johnson Copy Share Image
“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“(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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“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… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“MIND & GRIND Self-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“It takes tremendous courage, persistence, and perseverance to pursue your ultimate purpose.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are thieves— the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I never knew any man who had once tasted the sweetness of experimental knowledge, that ever afterward fasted after ye Vapour garlick and onions… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
