"Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow…" — Herman Melville
"Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old!"
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Herman Melville
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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 Elderly Quotes
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one of 274 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which…
— Martha Beck
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day…
— Joseph Addison
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
— Aeschylus
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To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep…
— Alan Bleasdale
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A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred…
— Lord Byron
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After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services…
— Tony Campolo
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No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.
— John Cassavetes
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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.
— Bill Gates
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Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to…
— Maya Angelou
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The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history.
— John Cusack
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