"I am past scorching; not easily can’st thou…" — Herman Melville
"I am past scorching; not easily can’st thou scorch a scar."
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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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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from…
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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
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But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place…
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Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for,…
— Thomas Arnold
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Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
— Sholem Asch
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I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.
— Sean Astin
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I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to…
— Margaret Atwood
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you…
— Francis Bacon
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I think love can come fairly easily and grow - but really liking the core essence of someone is a…
— Eric Bana
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The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the…
— George Bancroft
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When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like…
— Tyra Banks
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Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
— Max Baucus
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