"Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet……" — Herman Melville
"Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers."
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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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More Covers Quotes
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My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.
— Sebastian Bach
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The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do…
— Adele
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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.…
— John Berger
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I…
— Jo Brand
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Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole…
— Johnny Cash
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The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear…
— Chanakya
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Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind.
— William Ellery Channing
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Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.
— Margaret Cho
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Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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