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
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.” Herman Melville
Independence, Principle, Nationhood, Freedom, Declaration, Responsibility
Herman Melville Independence, Principle, Nationhood, Freedom, Declaration, Responsibility“No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe.” Herman Melville
Unruly Ocean, Lost Power, Ocean, Power, Mercy, Chaos
Herman Melville Unruly Ocean, Lost Power, Ocean, Power, Mercy, Chaos“However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more’s the pity.” Herman Melville
Good Laugh, Scarce Laugh, Mighty Good, Laugh, Good, Scarce
Herman Melville Good Laugh, Scarce Laugh, Mighty Good, Laugh, Good, Scarce“Oh, boys, don’t be sentimental; it’s bad for the digestion!” Herman Melville
Sentimental Avoidance, Health Advice, Sentimental, Health, Digestion, Avoidance
Herman Melville Sentimental Avoidance, Health Advice, Sentimental, Health, Digestion, Avoidance“Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.” Herman Melville
Genius Recognition, World Genius, Recognition Shock, Genius, World, Shock
Herman Melville Genius Recognition, World Genius, Recognition Shock, Genius, World, Shock“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“Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands. So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon. It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.” Herman Melville
Nature’s Power, Storms, Typhoon, Tropical Climates, Danger, Beauty
Herman Melville Nature’s Power, Storms, Typhoon, Tropical Climates, Danger, Beauty“If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.” Herman Melville
Simple Joys, Good Dinner, Dinner, World, Joys, Simple
Herman Melville Simple Joys, Good Dinner, Dinner, World, Joys, Simple“The man that has anything bountifully laughable about him, be sure there is more in that man than you perhaps think for.” Herman Melville
Humor And Depth, Hidden Qualities, Personality Traits, Wisdom, Laughter, Character
Herman Melville Humor And Depth, Hidden Qualities, Personality Traits, Wisdom, Laughter, Character“God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught – nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!” Herman Melville
Incomplete Works, Eternal Draft, Author’s Wish, God, Book, Draught
Herman Melville Incomplete Works, Eternal Draft, Author’s Wish, God, Book, Draught“But that darkness was licked up by the fierce flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire. The burning ship drove on, as if remorselessly commissioned to some vengeful deed.” Herman Melville
Fierce Flames, Burning Ship, Greek Fire, Flames, Ship, Fire
Herman Melville Fierce Flames, Burning Ship, Greek Fire, Flames, Ship, Fire“Thou wine art the friend of the friendless, though a foe to all.” Herman Melville
Wine, Friendship, Loneliness, Irony, Life’s Struggles, Society
Herman Melville Wine, Friendship, Loneliness, Irony, Life’s Struggles, Society“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, Respect For Beliefs, Personal Freedom, Moral Code, Diversity, Peace
Herman Melville Religious Tolerance, Respect For Beliefs, Personal Freedom, Moral Code, Diversity, Peace“A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.” Herman Melville
Beautiful Queen, Mary Stuart, Queen Woman, Queen, Woman, Beauty
Herman Melville Beautiful Queen, Mary Stuart, Queen Woman, Queen, Woman, Beauty“The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.” Herman Melville
Past And Future, Freedom Vs Tyranny, History Lessons, Self-reflection, Forward Thinking, Time
Herman Melville Past And Future, Freedom Vs Tyranny, History Lessons, Self-reflection, Forward Thinking, Time“All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event – in the living act, the undoubted deed – there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask.” Herman Melville
Appearance Vs Reality, Life’s Purpose, Human Nature, Unknown Forces, Events And Deeds, Philosophy
Herman Melville Appearance Vs Reality, Life’s Purpose, Human Nature, Unknown Forces, Events And Deeds, Philosophy“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“Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.” Herman Melville
Wisdom, Philosophy, Life’s Rules, Reflection, Sleep, Thought
Herman Melville Wisdom, Philosophy, Life’s Rules, Reflection, Sleep, Thought“Of all insults, the temporary condescension of a master to a slave is the most outrageous and galling. That potentate who most condescends, mark him well; for that potentate, if occasion come, will prove your uttermost tyrant.” Herman Melville
Master’s Condescension, Slave’s Insult, Galling Power, Tyrant’s Nature, Outrageous Power, Condescending Rulers
Herman Melville Master’s Condescension, Slave’s Insult, Galling Power, Tyrant’s Nature, Outrageous Power, Condescending Rulers