"For God's sake, be economical with your lamps……" — Herman Melville
"For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled for it."
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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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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's…
— Richard Bach
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
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The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
— Clara Barton
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The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and…
— Annie Besant
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron…
— Otto von Bismarck
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Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade…
— Joe Biden
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But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
— Buffalo Bill
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I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
— Bjork
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Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hooked me up to a…
— Lewis Black
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