The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
Herman Melville
Wealth Desire, Covetous Nature, Poverty Truth, Poor, Covetous, Wants
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“If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.” Herman Melville
Wine Indulgence, Rich Simplicity, Water Choice, Poor, Wine, Water
Herman Melville Wine Indulgence, Rich Simplicity, Water Choice, Poor, Wine, Water“Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship’s decks, like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed man that is tossed to them.” Herman Melville
Sea Horror, Shark Hunger, Battle Imagery, Sharks, Sea, Battle
Herman Melville Sea Horror, Shark Hunger, Battle Imagery, Sharks, Sea, Battle“All we discover has been with us since the sun began to roll; and much we discover, is not worth the discovering.” Herman Melville
Ancient Knowledge, Discovery Worth, Timeless Truths, Discovery, Worth, Knowledge
Herman Melville Ancient Knowledge, Discovery Worth, Timeless Truths, Discovery, Worth, Knowledge“For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.” Herman Melville
Wondrous Fearful, Man’s Words, Fearful Wondrous, Wondrous, Fearful, Man
Herman Melville Wondrous Fearful, Man’s Words, Fearful Wondrous, Wondrous, Fearful, Man“Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form.” Herman Melville
Madness, Cunning, Human Nature, Transformation, Mentality, Complexity
Herman Melville Madness, Cunning, Human Nature, Transformation, Mentality, Complexity“Long usage had, for this Stubb, converted the jaws of death into an easy chair. What he thought of death itself, there is no telling. Whether he ever thought of it at all, might be a question; but, if he ever did chance to cast his mind that way after a comfortable dinner, no doubt, like a good sailor, he took it to be a sort of call of the watch to tumble aloft, and bestir themselves there, about something which he would find out when he obeyed the order, and not sooner.” Herman Melville
Death Acceptance, Sailor Mindset, Life Philosophy, Carefree Attitude, Mortality, Courage
Herman Melville Death Acceptance, Sailor Mindset, Life Philosophy, Carefree Attitude, Mortality, Courage“Forty years after a battle it is easy for a non-combatant to reason about how it ought to have been fought. It is another thing personally and under fire to direct the fighting while involved in the obscuring smoke of it.” Herman Melville
Battle Wisdom, Leadership, Hindsight, War, Decision-making, Courage
Herman Melville Battle Wisdom, Leadership, Hindsight, War, Decision-making, Courage“Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.” Herman Melville
Reality Apprehension, Ahab Quarterdeck, Truth Pace, Reality, Quarterdeck, Truth
Herman Melville Reality Apprehension, Ahab Quarterdeck, Truth Pace, Reality, Quarterdeck, Truth“Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.” Herman Melville
Heaven Mercy, Cracked Heads, Dreadful Need, Mercy, Head, Mending
Herman Melville Heaven Mercy, Cracked Heads, Dreadful Need, Mercy, Head, Mending“I think I can see a little into the springs and motives which being cunningly presented to me under various disguises, induced me to set about performing the part I did, besides cajoling me into the delusion that it was a choice resulting from my own unbiased freewill and discriminating judgment.” Herman Melville
Cunning Motives, Disguised Choice, Judgment Illusion, Motives, Choice, Judgment
Herman Melville Cunning Motives, Disguised Choice, Judgment Illusion, Motives, Choice, Judgment“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“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“Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.” Herman Melville
Virtue Courage, Common Strength, Courage, Vulgar, Virtue, Strength
Herman Melville Virtue Courage, Common Strength, Courage, Vulgar, Virtue, Strength“It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation.” Herman Melville
Mental Clarity, Emotional Balance, Spleen Cure, Way, Driving, Circulation
Herman Melville Mental Clarity, Emotional Balance, Spleen Cure, Way, Driving, Circulation“Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.” Herman Melville
Gentle Sister, Second Gift, Family Bonds, Sister, Gift, Family
Herman Melville Gentle Sister, Second Gift, Family Bonds, Sister, Gift, Family“Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.” Herman Melville
Prudence, Glory, Duty, Military, Virtue, Honor
Herman Melville Prudence, Glory, Duty, Military, Virtue, Honor“Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.” Herman Melville
Cool Thinking, Calmness Brains, Heart Throbs, Thinking, Calmness, Throbs
Herman Melville Cool Thinking, Calmness Brains, Heart Throbs, Thinking, Calmness, Throbs“There’s something ever egotistical in mountain tops and towers, and all things grand and lofty.” Herman Melville
Mountain Peaks, Grand Structures, Egotistical, Lofty, Towers, Grandeur
Herman Melville Mountain Peaks, Grand Structures, Egotistical, Lofty, Towers, Grandeur