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Herman Melville Quotes

Herman Melville quotes about devil

American Novelist, Writer, Poet August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891

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Money, you think, is the sole motive to pains and hazard, deception and devilry, in this world. How much money did the devil make by gulling Eve? Herman Melville
Never dream with thy hand on the helm! Turn not thy back to the compass; accept the first hint of the hitching tiller; believe not the artificial fire, when its redness makes all things look ghastly. To-morrow, in the natural sun, the skies will be bright; those who glared like devils in the forking flames, the morn will show in far other, at least gentler, relief; the glorious, golden, glad sun, the only true lamp - all others but liars! Herman Melville
With much interest I sat watching him. Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face--at least to my taste--his countenance yet had something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul. Through all his unearthly tattooings, I thought I saw the traces of a simple honest heart; and in his large, deep eyes, fiery black and bold, there seemed tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand devils. And besides all this, there was a certain lofty bearing about the... Herman Melville
Now then, thought I, unconsciously rolling up the sleeve of my frock, here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost. Herman Melville
Doesn't the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil? Herman Melville
For though consciences are as unlike as foreheads, every intelligence, not including the Scriptural devils who "believe and tremble" has one. Herman Melville
Herman Melville quote: "There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags;..."
There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals. Herman Melville

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