Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.

Quote by Herman Melville

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

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

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier...

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier...

There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a...

There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a...

So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses.

So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses.

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.

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of...

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of...

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

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...

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and...

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and...

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

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

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the...

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the...

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

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

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport;...

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport;...

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is...

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is...

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she...

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she...

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...

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...

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence...

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence...