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Herman Melville Quotes: We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
         

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.


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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.



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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.



Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.



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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.



I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.



Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.



War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.





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