"There are times when even the most potent……" — Herman Melville
"There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future."
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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 future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.
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As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say,…
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Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
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