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Herman Melville

1. "You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing."

source: "Redburn"

categories: Knowledge, Ignorance

2. "We die, because we live."

source: "Mardi"

categories: Life and Death

3. "We die of too much life."

source: "Mardi"

categories: Life and Death

4. "We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below. "

source: "Mardi"

categories: Human

5. "This mortal air is one wide pestilence, that kills us all at last."

source: "Mardi"

categories: Life and Death -:- Nature and Animals

6. "The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance."

source: "Mardi"

categories: Power and Weakness -:- Various

7. "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."

categories: Human -:- Richness and Money

8. "Never joke at funerals, or during business transactions."

source: "Israel Potter"

categories: Wit and Humor

9. "Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence."

source: "Moby-Dick"

categories: Human -:- Richness and Money

10. "Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing."

source: "Redburn"

categories: Woman and Man

11. "It's not down on any map. True places never are."

categories: Various -:- Reality and Imagination

12. "In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads the way, and ushers me on."

source: "Mardi"

categories: Life and Death

13. "If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water."

source: "Israel Potter"

categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Richness and Money

14. "If not against us, nature is not for us."

source: "Mardi"

categories: Nature and Animals

15. "Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?"

source: "The Problem of Socrates"

categories: Wisdom and Stupidity

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