There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.
Herman Melville
Work And Compensation, Financial Reality, Self-worth, Employment, Value, Transactions
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“Pray God, not that; yet I fear something, Captain Ahab. Is not this harpoon for the White Whale?” “For the white fiend! But now for the barbs; thou must make them thyself, man. Here are my razors – the best of steel; here, and make the barbs sharp as the needle-sleet of the Icy Sea.” Herman Melville
White Whale, Harpoon Creation, Icy Sea, Whale, Harpoon, Sea
Herman Melville White Whale, Harpoon Creation, Icy Sea, Whale, Harpoon, Sea“Boy, take my advice, and never try to invent any thing but – happiness.” Herman Melville
Life Advice, Pursuit Of Happiness, Invent Happiness, Wisdom, Happiness, Advice
Herman Melville Life Advice, Pursuit Of Happiness, Invent Happiness, Wisdom, Happiness, Advice“No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” Herman Melville
Animal Wisdom, Human Bonds, Philosophical Insight, Dogs, Horses, Insight
Herman Melville Animal Wisdom, Human Bonds, Philosophical Insight, Dogs, Horses, Insight“Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.” Herman Melville
Human Connection, Profound Gaze, Soul Reflections, Life Perspective, Wisdom, Empathy
Herman Melville Human Connection, Profound Gaze, Soul Reflections, Life Perspective, Wisdom, Empathy“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“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“There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.” Herman Melville
Wicked Dignity, Devil Democracy, Hell Equality, Wickedness, Devils, Equality
Herman Melville Wicked Dignity, Devil Democracy, Hell Equality, Wickedness, Devils, Equality“Nevertheless, Leviathan is of so mighty a magnitude, all his proportions are so stately, that the same deficiency which in the sculptured Jove were hideous, in him is no blemish at all. Nay, it is an added grandeur. A nose to the whale would have been impertinent.” Herman Melville
Leviathan, Magnitude, Nature’s Beauty, Grandeur, Symbolism, Perfection
Herman Melville Leviathan, Magnitude, Nature’s Beauty, Grandeur, Symbolism, Perfection“While his one live leg made lively echoes along the deck, every stroke of his dead limb sounded like a coffin-tap. On life and death this old man walked.” Herman Melville
Life Contrast, Coffin Tap, Echoing Limbs, Life, Death, Echo
Herman Melville Life Contrast, Coffin Tap, Echoing Limbs, Life, Death, Echo“The drama’s done. Why then here does any one step forth? – Because one did survive the wreck.” Herman Melville
Surviving Wreck, Drama End, Life Continuation, Drama, Wreck, Life
Herman Melville Surviving Wreck, Drama End, Life Continuation, Drama, Wreck, Life“In thoughts of the visions of the night, I saw long rows of angels in paradise, each with his hands in a jar of spermaceti.” Herman Melville
Angels Paradise, Night Visions, Spermaceti Angels, Angels, Night, Paradise
Herman Melville Angels Paradise, Night Visions, Spermaceti Angels, Angels, Night, Paradise“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” Herman Melville
Growing Old, Wisdom’s Mastery, Art Of Living, Aging Gracefully, Life’s Challenge, Old Age
Herman Melville Growing Old, Wisdom’s Mastery, Art Of Living, Aging Gracefully, Life’s Challenge, Old Age“All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.” Herman Melville
Earnest Thinking, Soul Independence, Thinking, Soul, Independence, Effort
Herman Melville Earnest Thinking, Soul Independence, Thinking, Soul, Independence, Effort“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“There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay.” Herman Melville
Namable Things, Pay Undertaking, Human Efforts, Namable, Pay, Efforts
Herman Melville Namable Things, Pay Undertaking, Human Efforts, Namable, Pay, Efforts“Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.” Herman Melville
Self Dishonor, Moral High, True Justice, Dishonor, Moral, Justice
Herman Melville Self Dishonor, Moral High, True Justice, Dishonor, Moral, Justice“The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent.” Herman Melville
Ship Mate, Nantucket Origin, Quaker Heritage, Ship, Mate, Heritage
Herman Melville Ship Mate, Nantucket Origin, Quaker Heritage, Ship, Mate, Heritage“Don’t whale it too much a’ Lord’s days, men; but don’t miss a fair chance either, that’s rejecting Heaven’s good gifts.” Herman Melville
Fair Chance, Heaven’s Gifts, Whale Guidance, Days, Heaven, Gifts
Herman Melville Fair Chance, Heaven’s Gifts, Whale Guidance, Days, Heaven, Gifts“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