"He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil……" — Herman Melville
"He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes."
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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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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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Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?
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I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at…
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We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.
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Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.
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You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of…
— Pearl S. Buck
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A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.
— Thomas Carlyle
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
— Marc Chagall
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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed…
— Carl Sagan
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You cannot make a mistake, you can only make a decision that will be your next best step.
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Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look,…
— William Hazlitt
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Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports.
— Sun Tzu
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