Consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!

Herman Melville


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You will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic - especially toward the Fourth of July.

Herman Melville

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Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time?

Herman Melville

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But the only thing to be considered here, is this - what kind of oil is used in coronations? Certainly it cannot be Olive Oil, or Maccasar Oil, nor Caster Oil, nor Bear's Oil, nor Train Oil, nor Cod-Liver Oil. What then can it possibly be but Sperm Oil in it's unmanufactured unpolluted state, the sweetest of all oils?

Herman Melville

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville


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Se questo mondo fosse un piano infinito e navigando a oriente noi potessimo sempre raggiungere nuove distanze e scoprire cose più dolci e nuove di tutte le Cicladi o le Isole del Re Salomone, allora il viaggio conterrebbe una promessa. Ma, nell'inseguire quei lontani misteri di cui sogniamo, o nella caccia tormentosa di quel fantasma demoniaco che prima o poi nuota dinanzi a tutti i cuori umani, nella caccia di tali cose intorno a questo globo, esse o ci conducono in vuoti labirinti o ci lasciano sommersi a metà strada.

Herman Melville


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In this world, headwinds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim).

Herman Melville


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ولكن هذا الخـَوَر العارض سمة تكاد تعم كل الكائنات التي تعيش في القطيع، فالجواميس البرية في الغرب الأمريكي - ذات الأعراف كألباد الأسود - تحتشد في أعداد تبلغ عشرات الألوف، وتفر هاربة أمام خيّال واحد وتأمل أيضا جميع بني البشر: كيف يكونون محتشدين في حظيرة يسمونها قاعة المسرح، فإذا أُنذروا محض إنذار طفيف باشتعال النار اندفعوا في هياط ومياط نحو المنافذ، متجمهرين متكدسين يطأ بعضهم بعضا، ويدفع أحدهم الآخر إلى الموت دون إشفاق!

Herman Melville


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ومثلما أن أطفال الآدميين يحدقون في هدوء وثبات بعيدا عن الثدي وهم يرضعون كأنما يحيون حياتين في آن معا - فبينما هم يمتكون الغذاء الجسدي ما يزالون روحيا يستطيبون ذكريات غير أرضية - كذلك كان يفعل صغار أولئك الحيتان، كانوا كأنما ينظرون نحونا إلى أعلى ولكنهم لا ينظروننا، كأننا عشبة من أعشاب الخليج في أنظارهم الوليدة الحديثة العهد بالنظر.

Herman Melville


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But Captain Vere was now again motionless, standing absorbed in thought. Again starting, he vehemently exclaimed, "Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet that angel must hang!

Herman Melville


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