Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease.
Herman Melville
Mortal Greatness, Young Ambition, Disease Of Greatness, Ambition, Greatness, Disease
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“True places are not found on maps.” Herman Melville
Journey And Discovery, Self-exploration, Life Meaning, Adventure, Destinations, Travel
Herman Melville Journey And Discovery, Self-exploration, Life Meaning, Adventure, Destinations, Travel“Nature is nobody’s ally.” Herman Melville
Nature Ally, Neutrality Truth, Natural Forces, Nature, Ally, Neutrality
Herman Melville Nature Ally, Neutrality Truth, Natural Forces, Nature, Ally, Neutrality“The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.” Herman Melville
Past And Future, Freedom Vs Tyranny, History Lessons, Self-reflection, Forward Thinking, Time
Herman Melville Past And Future, Freedom Vs Tyranny, History Lessons, Self-reflection, Forward Thinking, Time“For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blankets between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.” Herman Melville
Fire Comforts, Rich Luxury, Sleeping Apartment, Comfort, Fire, Luxury
Herman Melville Fire Comforts, Rich Luxury, Sleeping Apartment, Comfort, Fire, Luxury“And heaved and heaved, still unrestingly heaved the black sea, as if its vast tides were a conscience; and the great mundane soul were in anguish and remorse for the long sin and suffering it had bred.” Herman Melville
Black Sea, Mundane Soul, Sea, Soul, Suffering, Anguish
Herman Melville Black Sea, Mundane Soul, Sea, Soul, Suffering, Anguish“Though neither knows where lie the nameless things of which the mystic sign gives forth such hints; yet with me, as with the colt, somewhere those things must exist. Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright.” Herman Melville
Mystic Signs, Visible Love, Invisible Fear, Signs, Love, Fear
Herman Melville Mystic Signs, Visible Love, Invisible Fear, Signs, Love, Fear“There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.” Herman Melville
Substantial Fare, Life Savor, Immortal Filling, Fare, Life, Balloons
Herman Melville Substantial Fare, Life Savor, Immortal Filling, Fare, Life, Balloons“With other men, perhaps, such things would not have been inducements; but as for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville
Forbidden Seas, Remote Itch, Adventurous Spirit, Seas, Remote, Adventurous
Herman Melville Forbidden Seas, Remote Itch, Adventurous Spirit, Seas, Remote, Adventurous“I never fancied broiling fowls – though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will.” Herman Melville
Broiled Fowl, Culinary Reverence, Food Respect, Fowl, Broiled, Culinary
Herman Melville Broiled Fowl, Culinary Reverence, Food Respect, Fowl, Broiled, Culinary“And thus, though surrounded by circle upon circle of consternations and affrights, did these inscrutable creatures at the centre freely and fearlessly indulge in all peaceful concernments.” Herman Melville
Inscrutable Creatures, Peaceful Concernments, Fearless Circles, Creatures, Peaceful, Fearless
Herman Melville Inscrutable Creatures, Peaceful Concernments, Fearless Circles, Creatures, Peaceful, Fearless“The food of thy soul is light and space; feed it then on light and space. But the food of thy body is champagne and oysters; feed it then on champagne and oysters; and so shall it merit a joyful resurrection, if there is any to be.” Herman Melville
Soul Food, Champagne Oysters, Joyful Resurrection, Soul, Food, Champagne
Herman Melville Soul Food, Champagne Oysters, Joyful Resurrection, Soul, Food, Champagne“To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.” Herman Melville
Sensitive Nature, Pain Pity, Emotional Impact, Sensitive, Pain, Pity
Herman Melville Sensitive Nature, Pain Pity, Emotional Impact, Sensitive, Pain, Pity“The only mode in which you can derive even a tolerable idea of his living contour, is by going a whaling yourself; but by so doing, you run no small risk of being eternally stove and sunk by him. Wherefore, it seems to me you had best not be too fastidious in your curiosity touching this Leviathan.” Herman Melville
Whale Hunting, Curiosity Limits, Living Contours, Life Risks, Adventure, Nature
Herman Melville Whale Hunting, Curiosity Limits, Living Contours, Life Risks, Adventure, Nature“Wag the world how it will, Leaves must be green in Spring.” Herman Melville
Natural Cycles, Seasonal Truths, Spring Renewal, Wag, Leaves, Spring
Herman Melville Natural Cycles, Seasonal Truths, Spring Renewal, Wag, Leaves, Spring“In a continuous line from that peninsula stretch the long islands of Sumatra, Java, Bally, and Timor; which, with many others, form a vast mole, or rampart, lengthwise connecting Asia with Australia, and dividing the long unbroken Indian ocean from the thickly studded oriental archipelagoes.” Herman Melville
Asian Geography, Ocean Division, Long Islands, Geography, Asia, Islands
Herman Melville Asian Geography, Ocean Division, Long Islands, Geography, Asia, Islands“In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.” Herman Melville
Faithful Friend, True Friendship, Security In Relationships, Friendship, Trust, Loyalty
Herman Melville Faithful Friend, True Friendship, Security In Relationships, Friendship, Trust, Loyalty“Yes, these eyes are windows, and this body of mine is the house. What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there. But it’s too late to make any improvements now. The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.” Herman Melville
Body House, Universe Finished, Eyes Windows, Universe, Body, Eyes
Herman Melville Body House, Universe Finished, Eyes Windows, Universe, Body, Eyes“An uncommon prudence is habitual with the subtler depravity, for it has everything to hide.” Herman Melville
Uncommon Prudence, Subtle Depravity, Prudence’s Habit, Hidden Truths, Deceptive Wisdom, Cunning Disguise
Herman Melville Uncommon Prudence, Subtle Depravity, Prudence’s Habit, Hidden Truths, Deceptive Wisdom, Cunning Disguise