"Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to……" — Herman Melville
"Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor"
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285 Quotes by Herman Melville
Herman Melville has 285 quotes on this site.
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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any…
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter…
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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Criticize the act, not the person.
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
— James A. Baldwin
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What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize…
— James Bovard
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If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.
— Eli Broad
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Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize…
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
— George H. W. Bush
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I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the…
— George W. Bush
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I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo…
— George W. Bush
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