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’s Quotes On Topics
Gold | Woodland | True Greatness | Lightning-rod | Trash | Avoidance | Blasphemous Ideas | Animal Folly | Diversity | Cultural Ale | Vanity | Endless Pain | Mortal Joys | Good Vs Evil | House Rules | Immortal Filling | Passion | Frustrated Efforts | Saturn Seat | Truth Sea | More
More Herman Melville Quotes
“Look not too long in the face of the fire, O man! Never dream with thy hand on the helm! Turn not thy back to the compass.” Herman Melville
Fire Warnings, Helm Focus, Compass Lessons, Fire, Helm, Compass
Herman Melville Fire Warnings, Helm Focus, Compass Lessons, Fire, Helm, Compass“Oh! the metempsychosis! Oh! Pythagoras, that in bright Greece, two thousand years ago, did die, so good, so wise, so mild; I sailed with thee along the Peruvian coast last voyage – and, foolish as I am, taught thee, a green simple boy, how to splice a rope.” Herman Melville
Metempsychosis, Pythagoras’ Soul, Life After Death, Soul’s Journey, Ancient Wisdom, Spiritual Journey
Herman Melville Metempsychosis, Pythagoras’ Soul, Life After Death, Soul’s Journey, Ancient Wisdom, Spiritual Journey“At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second flowering youth, for among all the fissures of his wrinkles, there shone certain mild gleams of a newly developing bloom – the spring verdure peeping forth even beneath February’s snow.” Herman Melville
Old Age, Youth, Wisdom, Growth, Fatherhood, Reflection
Herman Melville Old Age, Youth, Wisdom, Growth, Fatherhood, Reflection“I would be as free as air; and I’m down in the whole world’s books.” Herman Melville
Freedom, Personal Expression, Self-identity, Life Goals, Liberation, Independence
Herman Melville Freedom, Personal Expression, Self-identity, Life Goals, Liberation, Independence“Las cosas mas maravillosas son siempre las inexpresables.” Herman Melville
Unexpressed Wonders, Marvelous Things, Wonders, Marvelous, Things, Express
Herman Melville Unexpressed Wonders, Marvelous Things, Wonders, Marvelous, Things, Express“Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor.” Herman Melville
Criticism, Poverty, Privilege, Compassion, Wealth, Empathy
Herman Melville Criticism, Poverty, Privilege, Compassion, Wealth, Empathy“Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?” Herman Melville
Power Of Habit, Strange Thing, Habit And Change, Discipline, Habit, Accomplishment
Herman Melville Power Of Habit, Strange Thing, Habit And Change, Discipline, Habit, Accomplishment“One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.” Herman Melville
Morning Wisdom, Awake Reflection, Early Hour, Morning, Wisdom, Awake
Herman Melville Morning Wisdom, Awake Reflection, Early Hour, Morning, Wisdom, Awake“The straight warp of necessity, not to be swerved from its ultimate course – its every alternating vibration, indeed, only tending to that; free will still free to ply her shuttle between given threads; and chance, though restrained in its play within the right lines of necessity, and sideways in its motions directed by free will, though thus prescribed to by both, chance by turns rules either, and has the last featuring blow at events.” Herman Melville
Necessity Warp, Free Will, Chance Impact, Necessity, Will, Chance
Herman Melville Necessity Warp, Free Will, Chance Impact, Necessity, Will, Chance“It was while gliding through these latter waters that one serene and moonlight night, when all the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude; on such a silent night a silvery jet was seen far in advance of the white bubbles at the bow.” Herman Melville
Moonlight Waves, Silvery Silence, Waves, Moonlight, Silence, Jet
Herman Melville Moonlight Waves, Silvery Silence, Waves, Moonlight, Silence, Jet“I’m a demoniac; I am madness maddened.” Herman Melville
Madness, Demoniac, Identity, Insanity, Fear, Chaos
Herman Melville Madness, Demoniac, Identity, Insanity, Fear, Chaos“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“Honor lies in the mane of a horse.” Herman Melville
Honor, Animal Symbolism, Horse, Virtue, Leadership, Strength
Herman Melville Honor, Animal Symbolism, Horse, Virtue, Leadership, Strength“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“Not so much thy skill, then, O hunter, as the great necessities that strike the victory to thee!” Herman Melville
Skill, Necessity, Victory, Hunter, Challenge, Survival
Herman Melville Skill, Necessity, Victory, Hunter, Challenge, Survival“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“The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.” Herman Melville
Shadows Substance, Exaggerated Shadows, Shadow Difference, Shadows, Substance, Exaggeration
Herman Melville Shadows Substance, Exaggerated Shadows, Shadow Difference, Shadows, Substance, Exaggeration“Truth is in things, and not in words.” Herman Melville
Truth’s Nature, Words Deceiving, Truth Revealed, Things Over Words, Real Truth, Honest Revelation
Herman Melville Truth’s Nature, Words Deceiving, Truth Revealed, Things Over Words, Real Truth, Honest Revelation