If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
Herman Melville
Wine Indulgence, Rich Simplicity, Water Choice, Poor, Wine, Water
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“One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual’s own innocence self, will still dream horrid dreams, and mutter unmentionable thoughts.” Herman Melville
Soul Secrets, Mysterious Depths, Soul, Dreams, Thoughts, Mystery
Herman Melville Soul Secrets, Mysterious Depths, Soul, Dreams, Thoughts, Mystery“How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population.” Herman Melville
Prison Solitude, Human Horror, Feeble Language, Prison, Horror, Solitude
Herman Melville Prison Solitude, Human Horror, Feeble Language, Prison, Horror, Solitude“Consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!” Herman Melville
Soul Analogy, Inner Peace, Human Nature, Self-discovery, Peaceful Thoughts, Life’s Journey
Herman Melville Soul Analogy, Inner Peace, Human Nature, Self-discovery, Peaceful Thoughts, Life’s Journey“Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it.” Herman Melville
Soul’s Origin, Orphaned Souls, Life’s Secrets, Philosophy, Orphans, Knowledge
Herman Melville Soul’s Origin, Orphaned Souls, Life’s Secrets, Philosophy, Orphans, Knowledge“He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.” Herman Melville
Ahab’s Rage, Whale’s Hump, Emotional Explosion, Rage, Heart, Ahab
Herman Melville Ahab’s Rage, Whale’s Hump, Emotional Explosion, Rage, Heart, Ahab“Pierre little foresaw that this world hath a secret deeper than beauty, and Life some burdens heavier than death.” Herman Melville
World Secret, Life Burdens, Beauty Depth, World, Life, Beauty
Herman Melville World Secret, Life Burdens, Beauty Depth, World, Life, Beauty“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.” Herman Melville
Human Madness, Animal Folly, Madness Of Man, Humanity, Folly, Madness
Herman Melville Human Madness, Animal Folly, Madness Of Man, Humanity, Folly, Madness“Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented like geological sones, with the peculiar mark of his walk. Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger footprints – the footprints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.” Herman Melville
Routine, Persistence, Character, Thought, Walk, Memory
Herman Melville Routine, Persistence, Character, Thought, Walk, Memory“No man prefers to sleep two in a bed. In fact, you would a good deal rather not sleep with your own brother. I don’t know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping.” Herman Melville
Private Sleep, Bed Sharing, People’s Privacy, Sleeping Alone, Personal Space, Sleep Habits
Herman Melville Private Sleep, Bed Sharing, People’s Privacy, Sleeping Alone, Personal Space, Sleep Habits“The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.” Herman Melville
Nature’s Laws, Death Life, Mighty Creation, Nature, Death, Life
Herman Melville Nature’s Laws, Death Life, Mighty Creation, Nature, Death, Life“Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington.” Herman Melville
Deep Memories, Stoneless Grave, Unmentionable Things, Memories, Grave, Deep
Herman Melville Deep Memories, Stoneless Grave, Unmentionable Things, Memories, Grave, Deep“No fear; I like a good grip; I like to feel something in this slippery world that can hold, man.” Herman Melville
Confidence, Strength, Trust, Stability, Courage, Self-assurance
Herman Melville Confidence, Strength, Trust, Stability, Courage, Self-assurance“My body is but the lees of my better being.” Herman Melville
Physical Form, Better Being, Body, Essence, Lees, Spirit
Herman Melville Physical Form, Better Being, Body, Essence, Lees, Spirit“That unblinkingly vivid Japanese sun seems the blazing focus of the glassy ocean’s immeasurable burning-glass.” Herman Melville
Japanese Sun, Blazing Ocean, Burning Focus, Sun, Ocean, Focus
Herman Melville Japanese Sun, Blazing Ocean, Burning Focus, Sun, Ocean, Focus“It’s a mutual, joint-stock world, all meridians. We cannibals must help these Christians.” Herman Melville
Worldview, Irony, Humanity, Society, Culture, Relationships
Herman Melville Worldview, Irony, Humanity, Society, Culture, Relationships“In this world of lies, Truth is forced to fly like a scared white doe in the woodlands; and only by cunning glimpses will she reveal herself, as in Shakespeare and other masters of the great Art of Telling the Truth, even though it be covertly, and by snatches.” Herman Melville
Truth, Lies, Deception, Art, Philosophy, Irony
Herman Melville Truth, Lies, Deception, Art, Philosophy, Irony“There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.” Herman Melville
Work And Compensation, Financial Reality, Self-worth, Employment, Value, Transactions
Herman Melville Work And Compensation, Financial Reality, Self-worth, Employment, Value, Transactions“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony , but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” Herman Melville
Strength, Beauty, Harmony, Magic, Power, Balance
Herman Melville Strength, Beauty, Harmony, Magic, Power, Balance