We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Herman Melville quote Thrusted light is worse than presented pistols.
Herman Melville quote There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
Herman Melville quote There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man.
Herman Melville quote There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
Herman Melville quote 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 quote Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand!
Herman Melville quote How wondrous familiar is a fool!
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