Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?
Herman Melville
Greek Grammarians, Dual Number, Twin Humor, Grammar, Twins, Humor
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed. The ocean brims with natural griefs and tragedies; and into that watery immensity of terror, man’s private grief is lost like a drop.” Herman Melville
Ocean Asylum, Private Grief, Ocean, Grief, Hermitage, Refuge
Herman Melville Ocean Asylum, Private Grief, Ocean, Grief, Hermitage, Refuge“Now, in that Japanese sea, the days in summer are as freshets of effulgences. That unblinkingly vivid Japanese sun seems the blazing focus of the glassy ocean’s immeasurable burning-glass. The sky looks lacquered; clouds there are none; the horizon floats; and this nakedness of unrelieved radiance is as the insufferable splendors of God’s throne.” Herman Melville
Japanese Sea, Summer Days, God’s Throne, Nature, Splendor, Radiance
Herman Melville Japanese Sea, Summer Days, God’s Throne, Nature, Splendor, Radiance“The first boat we read of, floated on an ocean, that with Portuguese vengeance had whelmed a whole world without leaving so much as a widow. That same ocean rolls now; that same ocean destroyed the wrecked ships of last year. Yea, foolish mortals, Noah’s flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.” Herman Melville
Historical Truths, Nature’s Power, World History, Disasters, Lessons Learned, Floods
Herman Melville Historical Truths, Nature’s Power, World History, Disasters, Lessons Learned, Floods“Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time?” Herman Melville
Foregone Actions, Life Reproaches, Ignorant Consequences, Actions, Reproaches, Ignorant
Herman Melville Foregone Actions, Life Reproaches, Ignorant Consequences, Actions, Reproaches, Ignorant“Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows.” Herman Melville
Wise Recognition, Cycles Wisdom, Expected Gratitude, Wise, Recognition, Gratitude
Herman Melville Wise Recognition, Cycles Wisdom, Expected Gratitude, Wise, Recognition, Gratitude“He’s a grand, ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab; doesn’t speak much; but, when he does speak, then you may well listen.” Herman Melville
Captain Ahab, God-like Man, Ahab’s Command, Ahab, Leadership, Speech
Herman Melville Captain Ahab, God-like Man, Ahab’s Command, Ahab, Leadership, Speech“Beware the People weeping When they bare the iron hand.” Herman Melville
Weeping People, Iron Hand, Hidden Tyranny, People, Iron, Tyranny
Herman Melville Weeping People, Iron Hand, Hidden Tyranny, People, Iron, Tyranny“What troops Of generous boys in happiness thus bred Saturnians through life’s Tempe led, Went from the North and came from the South, With golden mottoes in the mouth, To lie down midway on a bloody bed.” Herman Melville
Generosity, Life’s Journey, Happiness, Sacrifice, Conflict, Brotherhood
Herman Melville Generosity, Life’s Journey, Happiness, Sacrifice, Conflict, Brotherhood“Ahab was inaccessible. Though nominally included in the census of Christendom, he was still an alien to it. He lived in the world, as the last of the Grisly Bears lived in settled Missouri. And as when Spring and Summer had departed, that wild Logan of the woods, burying himself in the hollow of a tree, lived out the winter there, sucking his own paws; so, in his inclement, howling old age, Ahab’s soul, shut up in the caved trunk of his body, there fed upon the sullen paws of its gloom!” Herman Melville
Ahab’s Isolation, Winter Despair, Grisly Metaphor, Ahab, Soul, Isolation
Herman Melville Ahab’s Isolation, Winter Despair, Grisly Metaphor, Ahab, Soul, Isolation“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” Herman Melville
Human Connection, Sympathy, Life Actions, Community, Effects, Cause
Herman Melville Human Connection, Sympathy, Life Actions, Community, Effects, Cause“Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded forever.” Herman Melville
Meditation Practice, Spiritual Connection, Calmness, Mind And Body, Peace, Water
Herman Melville Meditation Practice, Spiritual Connection, Calmness, Mind And Body, Peace, Water“If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh.” Herman Melville
Laughter, Irony, Life’s Paradoxes, Emotions, Mood, Reflection
Herman Melville Laughter, Irony, Life’s Paradoxes, Emotions, Mood, Reflection“And there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid. The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us.” Herman Melville
Paying Paid, Orchard Thieves, Uncomfortable Infliction, Paying, Paid, Thieves
Herman Melville Paying Paid, Orchard Thieves, Uncomfortable Infliction, Paying, Paid, Thieves“Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents’ beds, unerringly I rush! Naught’s an obstacle, naught’s an angle to the iron way!” Herman Melville
Fixed Purpose, Iron Rails, Determined Soul, Purpose, Rails, Soul
Herman Melville Fixed Purpose, Iron Rails, Determined Soul, Purpose, Rails, Soul“For every one knows that this earthly air, whether ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the numberless mortals who have died exhaling it.” Herman Melville
Earthly Misery, Infected Air, Mortal Suffering, Endless Misery, Airborne Grief, Death’s Influence
Herman Melville Earthly Misery, Infected Air, Mortal Suffering, Endless Misery, Airborne Grief, Death’s Influence“Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects, grow the chapters.” Herman Melville
Branch Growth, Subject Chapters, Creative Flow, Growth, Chapters, Creative
Herman Melville Branch Growth, Subject Chapters, Creative Flow, Growth, Chapters, Creative“Indolence is heaven’s ally here, And energy the child of hell: The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well.” Herman Melville
Indolence’s Ally, Energy And Hell, Goodness And Poison, Clear And Tainted, Evil’s Child, Heavenly Aid
Herman Melville Indolence’s Ally, Energy And Hell, Goodness And Poison, Clear And Tainted, Evil’s Child, Heavenly Aid“Of all nature’s animated kingdoms, fish are the most unchristian, inhospitable, heartless, and cold-blooded of creatures.” Herman Melville
Fish Nature, Cold-blooded Fish, Inhospitable Creatures, Fish, Nature, Creatures
Herman Melville Fish Nature, Cold-blooded Fish, Inhospitable Creatures, Fish, Nature, Creatures