Let us only hate hatred; and once give love a play, we will fall in love with a unicorn.
Herman Melville
Hate Hatred, Unicorn Love, Love Play, Love, Hate, Unicorn
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain.” Herman Melville
Ocean Depth, Blubber Hunters, Vast Waves, Ocean, Depth, Hunters
Herman Melville Ocean Depth, Blubber Hunters, Vast Waves, Ocean, Depth, Hunters“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“Some years ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.” Herman Melville
Adventure, Travel, Exploration, Journey, Curiosity, Freedom
Herman Melville Adventure, Travel, Exploration, Journey, Curiosity, Freedom“Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.” Herman Melville
Fire, Wisdom, Madness, Pain, Irony, Life Lessons
Herman Melville Fire, Wisdom, Madness, Pain, Irony, Life Lessons“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“I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.” Herman Melville
Religious Respect, Comical Obligations, Faith Regard, Respect, Obligations, Faith
Herman Melville Religious Respect, Comical Obligations, Faith Regard, Respect, Obligations, Faith“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
Herman Melville Greek Grammarians, Dual Number, Twin Humor, Grammar, Twins, Humor“Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous.” Herman Melville
Illiberal Minds, Generous Resolves, Mental Friction, Generosity, Minds, Resolve
Herman Melville Illiberal Minds, Generous Resolves, Mental Friction, Generosity, Minds, Resolve“O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies; not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.” Herman Melville
Nature Soul, Linked Analogies, Nature, Soul, Atom, Mind
Herman Melville Nature Soul, Linked Analogies, Nature, Soul, Atom, Mind“The dinner-hour is the summer of the day: full of sunshine, I grant; but not like the mellow autumn of supper.” Herman Melville
Dinner Hour, Day’s Summer, Supper Autumn, Food, Time, Seasons
Herman Melville Dinner Hour, Day’s Summer, Supper Autumn, Food, Time, Seasons“Oh, God! to sail with such a heathen crew that have small touch of human mothers in them! Whelped somewhere by the sharkish sea. The white whale is their demigorgon. Hark! the infernal orgies!” Herman Melville
Heathen Crew, Sea Creatures, Obsession, Human Nature, Irony, Madness
Herman Melville Heathen Crew, Sea Creatures, Obsession, Human Nature, Irony, Madness“A man can be honest in any sort of skin.” Herman Melville
Honest Nature, Human Skin, Honest, Skin, Nature, Truth
Herman Melville Honest Nature, Human Skin, Honest, Skin, Nature, Truth“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.” Herman Melville
Embracing Uncertainty, Personal Strength, Life Challenges, Laughter, Fate, Resilience
Herman Melville Embracing Uncertainty, Personal Strength, Life Challenges, Laughter, Fate, Resilience“The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent.” Herman Melville
Ship Mate, Nantucket Origin, Quaker Heritage, Ship, Mate, Heritage
Herman Melville Ship Mate, Nantucket Origin, Quaker Heritage, Ship, Mate, Heritage“The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.” Herman Melville
Deemed Dead, Ghost Feeling, Consciousness Paradox, Dead, Ghost, Consciousness
Herman Melville Deemed Dead, Ghost Feeling, Consciousness Paradox, Dead, Ghost, Consciousness“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 drama’s done. Why then here does any one step forth? – Because one did survive the wreck.” Herman Melville
Surviving Wreck, Drama End, Life Continuation, Drama, Wreck, Life
Herman Melville Surviving Wreck, Drama End, Life Continuation, Drama, Wreck, Life“Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air.” Herman Melville
Spiritual Reflection, Oysters Analogy, Water Vision, Spiritual, Reflection, Water
Herman Melville Spiritual Reflection, Oysters Analogy, Water Vision, Spiritual, Reflection, Water“I try all things, I achieve what I can.” Herman Melville
Personal Effort, Achievable Goals, Determined Spirit, Effort, Goals, Spirit
Herman Melville Personal Effort, Achievable Goals, Determined Spirit, Effort, Goals, Spirit“To certain temperaments, especially when previously agitated by any deep feeling, there is perhaps nothing more exasperating, and which sooner explodes all self-command, than the coarse, jeering insolence of a porter, cabman, or hack-driver.” Herman Melville
Agitated Temperaments, Exasperating Behavior, Self-Control, Behavior, Temperament, Self-Control
Herman Melville Agitated Temperaments, Exasperating Behavior, Self-Control, Behavior, Temperament, Self-Control