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
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“He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation.” Herman Melville
Shared Courage, Solitary Peril, Comrade Consolation, Courage, Peril, Comrades
Herman Melville Shared Courage, Solitary Peril, Comrade Consolation, Courage, Peril, Comrades“But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God – so better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land!” Herman Melville
Infinite Truth, Shoreless Safety, Courageous Choices, Infinite, Truth, Land
Herman Melville Infinite Truth, Shoreless Safety, Courageous Choices, Infinite, Truth, Land“I leave eternity to Thee; for what is man that he should live out the life-time of his God?” Herman Melville
Eternal Life, Divine Perspective, Human Mortality, Eternity, Life, Mortality
Herman Melville Eternal Life, Divine Perspective, Human Mortality, Eternity, Life, Mortality“The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.” Herman Melville
Past Lessons, Tyrants’ Teachings, Freedom’s Bible, Historical Knowledge, Future Hope, Tyranny’s Rule
Herman Melville Past Lessons, Tyrants’ Teachings, Freedom’s Bible, Historical Knowledge, Future Hope, Tyranny’s Rule“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges.” Herman Melville
Uncompromising Truth, Jagged Edges, Honest Words, Truth, Edges, Honest
Herman Melville Uncompromising Truth, Jagged Edges, Honest Words, Truth, Edges, Honest“But oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep.” Herman Melville
Shipmates Delight, Woe Delight, Delight Top, Delight, Woe, Shipmates
Herman Melville Shipmates Delight, Woe Delight, Delight Top, Delight, Woe, Shipmates“That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia.” Herman Melville
Geographical Reflection, Opposite Sphere, Global Lands, Geography, Sphere, Lands
Herman Melville Geographical Reflection, Opposite Sphere, Global Lands, Geography, Sphere, Lands“Now, that Lazarus should lie stranded there on the curbstone before the door of Dives, this is more wonderful than that an iceberg should be moored to one of the Moluccas. Yet Dives himself, he too lives like a Czar in an ice palace made of frozen sighs, and being a president of a temperance society, he only drinks the tepid tears of orphans.” Herman Melville
Lazarus, Wealth, Poverty, Irony, Social Critique, Morality
Herman Melville Lazarus, Wealth, Poverty, Irony, Social Critique, Morality“There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.” Herman Melville
Sorrow Goodness, World Balance, Emotional Depth, Sorrow, Goodness, Balance
Herman Melville Sorrow Goodness, World Balance, Emotional Depth, Sorrow, Goodness, Balance“There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.” Herman Melville
Divine Halo, Horse Dignity, Divinity, Halo, Horse, Dignity
Herman Melville Divine Halo, Horse Dignity, Divinity, Halo, Horse, Dignity“He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the same mess with me, in short to share my every hap; with both my hands in his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds.” Herman Melville
Friendship, Loyalty, Brotherhood, Shared Experience, Companionship, Courage
Herman Melville Friendship, Loyalty, Brotherhood, Shared Experience, Companionship, Courage“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“The American, who up to the present day, has evinced, in Literature, the largest brain with the largest heart, that man is Nathaniel Hawthorne.” Herman Melville
American Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Largest Brain, Literature, Brain, Heart
Herman Melville American Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Largest Brain, Literature, Brain, Heart“Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear!” Herman Melville
Natural State, Human Appearance, Tailor Artifice, Humanity, Civilization, Nature
Herman Melville Natural State, Human Appearance, Tailor Artifice, Humanity, Civilization, Nature“Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.” Herman Melville
Benevolent Risks, Fulfillment Evils, Desire Consequences, Risks, Fulfillment, Desire
Herman Melville Benevolent Risks, Fulfillment Evils, Desire Consequences, Risks, Fulfillment, Desire“Implacable I, the implacable Sea; Implacable most when most I smile serene- Pleased, not appeased, by myriad wrecks in me.” Herman Melville
Implacable Sea, Serene Smile, Wrecks Pleased, Sea, Implacable, Wrecks
Herman Melville Implacable Sea, Serene Smile, Wrecks Pleased, Sea, Implacable, Wrecks“I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.” Herman Melville
Firm Stance, Whale’s Resolve, Sperm Whale, Whale, Sperm, Resolve
Herman Melville Firm Stance, Whale’s Resolve, Sperm Whale, Whale, Sperm, Resolve“Immortality is but ubiquity in time.” Herman Melville
Immortality, Time And Existence, Timelessness, Eternity, Philosophy, Life After Death
Herman Melville Immortality, Time And Existence, Timelessness, Eternity, Philosophy, Life After Death