I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Quote by Herman Melville

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So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses.

So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to...

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to...

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by...

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by...

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being...

There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being...

There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.

There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but...

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but...

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not...

The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For...

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Art is the objectification of feeling.

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another.

To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another.

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's...

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.