In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.
Herman Melville
Order Disruption, Misery Effect, Natural Chaos, Misery, Order, Chaos
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“He looked like a man who had never cringed and never had had a creditor.” Herman Melville
Uncringing Man, Creditors Avoided, Fearless Man, Financial Freedom, Self-assured, Debt-free
Herman Melville Uncringing Man, Creditors Avoided, Fearless Man, Financial Freedom, Self-assured, Debt-free“Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.” Herman Melville
Defiant Spirit, Blasphemous Ideas, Sun, Strike, Insult, Defiance
Herman Melville Defiant Spirit, Blasphemous Ideas, Sun, Strike, Insult, Defiance“Youth is the time when hearts are large, And stirring wars Appeal to the spirit which appeals in turn To the blade it draws.” Herman Melville
Youth Wars, Stirring Hearts, Spirit Appeal, Youth, Wars, Spirit
Herman Melville Youth Wars, Stirring Hearts, Spirit Appeal, Youth, Wars, Spirit“The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.” Herman Melville
Schoolmaster Sailor, Stoics Transition, Strong Decoction, Schoolmaster, Stoics, Transition
Herman Melville Schoolmaster Sailor, Stoics Transition, Strong Decoction, Schoolmaster, Stoics, Transition“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person’s religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does not kill or insult any other person, because that other person don’t believe it also.” Herman Melville
Religious Tolerance, Belief Respect, Peaceful Coexistence, Religion, Tolerance, Peace
Herman Melville Religious Tolerance, Belief Respect, Peaceful Coexistence, Religion, Tolerance, Peace“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“All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence.” Herman Melville
Profound Silence, Attended Emotions, Preceding Depth, Silence, Emotions, Depth
Herman Melville Profound Silence, Attended Emotions, Preceding Depth, Silence, Emotions, Depth“It is a thing which every sensible American should learn from every sensible Englishman, that glare and glitter, gimcracks and gewgaws, are not indispensable to domestic solacement.” Herman Melville
Cultural Wisdom, Domestic Simplicity, Sensible Living, American, Englishman, Simplicity
Herman Melville Cultural Wisdom, Domestic Simplicity, Sensible Living, American, Englishman, Simplicity“In this particular Billy was a striking instance that the arch interferer, the envious marplot of Eden, still has more or less to do with every human consignment to this planet of Earth. In every case, one way or another he is sure to slip in his little card, as much as to remind us – I too have a hand here.” Herman Melville
Interference, Envy, Humanity, Life’s Struggles, Morality, Fate
Herman Melville Interference, Envy, Humanity, Life’s Struggles, Morality, Fate“Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.” Herman Melville
Money-Making Propensity, Benevolence Conflict, Human Nature, Money, Nature, Conflict
Herman Melville Money-Making Propensity, Benevolence Conflict, Human Nature, Money, Nature, Conflict“A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.” Herman Melville
Education, Life’s Journey, Experience, Whale Ship, Wisdom, Learning
Herman Melville Education, Life’s Journey, Experience, Whale Ship, Wisdom, Learning“Faith and philosophy are air, but events are brass.” Herman Melville
Faith Philosophy, Event Reality, Practical Perspective, Faith, Philosophy, Events
Herman Melville Faith Philosophy, Event Reality, Practical Perspective, Faith, Philosophy, Events“Surely no mere mortal who has at all gone down into himself will ever pretend that his slightest thought or act solely originates in his own defined identity.” Herman Melville
Mortal Identity, Defined Identity, Self Thought, Identity, Self, Thought
Herman Melville Mortal Identity, Defined Identity, Self Thought, Identity, Self, Thought“The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.” Herman Melville
Sea Symbolism, Life’s Struggles, Death, Humanity, Philosophy, Irony
Herman Melville Sea Symbolism, Life’s Struggles, Death, Humanity, Philosophy, Irony“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“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 warmly cool, clear, ringing, perfumed, overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, heaped up – flaked up, with rose-water snow.” Herman Melville
Warm Days, Persian Sherbet, Fragrant Days, Days, Fragrance, Beauty
Herman Melville Warm Days, Persian Sherbet, Fragrant Days, Days, Fragrance, Beauty“Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage.” Herman Melville
Endless Pain, Sailing Promise, Strange Sights, Pain, Sailing, Promise
Herman Melville Endless Pain, Sailing Promise, Strange Sights, Pain, Sailing, Promise“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