Famous Quotes from ...
Herman Melville
- All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life.... Herman Melville {view}
- If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.... Herman Melville {view}
- We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.... Herman Melville {view}
- . . . these are the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.... Herman Melville {view}
- Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?... Herman Melville {view}
- The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.... Herman Melville {view}
- Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only truth... Herman Melville {view}