There is something in us, somehow, that, in the most degraded condition, we snatch at a chance to deceive ourselves into a fanciedsuperiority to others, whom we suppose lower in the scale than ourselves.
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that pe… - Herman Melville
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that pe…
- Herman Melville
Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits... they are swe… - Herman Melville
Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits... they are swe…
...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight. - Herman Melville
...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight.
Ignorance is the father of all fear. - Herman Melville
Ignorance is the father of all fear.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity. - Herman Melville
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
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
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.
Only the man who says no is free - Herman Melville
Only the man who says no is free
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. - Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
The eyes are the gateway to the soul. - Herman Melville
The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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