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
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“He pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me around my waist, and said henceforth we were married.” Herman Melville
Marriage, Love, Commitment, Relationships, Intimacy, Connection
Herman Melville Marriage, Love, Commitment, Relationships, Intimacy, Connection“We die of too much life.” Herman Melville
Life Excess, Death Paradox, Living Limits, Life, Death, Paradox
Herman Melville Life Excess, Death Paradox, Living Limits, Life, Death, Paradox“Students of history are horror-struck at the massacres of old; but in the shambles, men are being murdered to-day.” Herman Melville
History’s Horrors, Massacres Of Today, Murdered Men, Historical Tragedies, Violence Continues, Bloodshed Today
Herman Melville History’s Horrors, Massacres Of Today, Murdered Men, Historical Tragedies, Violence Continues, Bloodshed Today“While nature thus very early and very abundantly feeds us, she is very late in tutoring us as to the proper methodization of our diet.” Herman Melville
Nature, Diet, Guidance, Early Learning, Health, Nutrition
Herman Melville Nature, Diet, Guidance, Early Learning, Health, Nutrition“Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs. In his own proper turn, each officer waited to be served.” Herman Melville
Ahab’s Table, Sea-lion Strength, Coral Beach, Warlike Cubs, Officer’s Respect, Quiet Authority
Herman Melville Ahab’s Table, Sea-lion Strength, Coral Beach, Warlike Cubs, Officer’s Respect, Quiet Authority“There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man.” Herman Melville
Help, Defect, Need, Vulnerability, Desire, Human Nature
Herman Melville Help, Defect, Need, Vulnerability, Desire, Human Nature“Sharing the same blood with England, and yet her proved foe in two wars – not wholly inclined at bottom to forget an old grudge – intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in externals but a savage at heart, America is, or may yet be, the Paul Jones of nations.” Herman Melville
Historical Grudge, National Ambition, Civilized Savage, History, Nation, Ambition
Herman Melville Historical Grudge, National Ambition, Civilized Savage, History, Nation, Ambition“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“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“For the most part, in this tropic whaling life, a sublime uneventfulness invests you; you hear no news; read no gazettes; extras with startling accounts of commonplaces never delude you into unnecessary excitements.” Herman Melville
Whaling Life, Uneventful Peace, Sublime Calm, Life, Peace, Calm
Herman Melville Whaling Life, Uneventful Peace, Sublime Calm, Life, Peace, Calm“Niggards are oftentimes neat.” Herman Melville
Niggards Neat, Neatness Habit, Neat Behavior, Neat, Habit, Niggards
Herman Melville Niggards Neat, Neatness Habit, Neat Behavior, Neat, Habit, Niggards“In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted to command.” Herman Melville
Obedience’s Pull, Command Authority, Time Of Peril, Rank And Obedience, Leadership Strength, Peril’s Guidance
Herman Melville Obedience’s Pull, Command Authority, Time Of Peril, Rank And Obedience, Leadership Strength, Peril’s Guidance“All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate – Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate.” Herman Melville
Wars, Youth, Philosophy, Violence, Masculinity, Conflict
Herman Melville Wars, Youth, Philosophy, Violence, Masculinity, Conflict“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“Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear? This Iron Crown of Lombardy. Yet it is bright with many a gem; I, the wearer, see not its far flashings; but darkly feel that I wear that, that dazzling confounds. ‘Tis Iron – that I know – not gold.” Herman Melville
Crown’s Weight, Iron Crown, Lombardy Crown, Dazzling Crown, Wearer’s Burden, Golden Illusion
Herman Melville Crown’s Weight, Iron Crown, Lombardy Crown, Dazzling Crown, Wearer’s Burden, Golden Illusion“Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded forever.” Herman Melville
Meditation Practice, Spiritual Connection, Calmness, Mind And Body, Peace, Water
Herman Melville Meditation Practice, Spiritual Connection, Calmness, Mind And Body, Peace, Water“In truth, a mature man who uses hair oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.” Herman Melville
Self-image, Maturity, Personal Habits, Grooming, Manhood, Wisdom
Herman Melville Self-image, Maturity, Personal Habits, Grooming, Manhood, Wisdom“With other men, perhaps, such things would not have been inducements; but as for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville
Forbidden Seas, Remote Itch, Adventurous Spirit, Seas, Remote, Adventurous
Herman Melville Forbidden Seas, Remote Itch, Adventurous Spirit, Seas, Remote, Adventurous