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As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.

As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.

Herman Melville
Men, Giving, Ships
Herman Melville (1850). “White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war”, p.115

Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand!

Herman Melville
Art, Writing, Giving
Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.428

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.

Herman Melville
Flames, Whales, Giving
Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.156

The phantom-host has faded quite, Splendor and Terror gone-- Portent or promise--and gives way To pale, meek Dawn.

Herman Melville
Giving, Promise, Way
Herman Melville (1866). “Battle-pieces and aspects of the war [poems].”, p.148

Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

Herman Melville
Fire, Giving, Woe
Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.400

There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them.

Herman Melville
Wise, Thinking, Giving
Herman Melville (2016). “The Confidence-Man”, p.31, Open Road Media

Though essaying but a sportive sail, I was driven from my course by a blast re sistless; and ill-provided, young, and bowed by the brunt of things before my prime, still fly before the gale. ... If after all these fearful fainting trances, the verdict be, the golden haven was not gained; yet in bold quest thereof, better to sink in boundless deeps than float on vulgar shoals; and give me, ye gods, an utter wreck, if wreck I do.

Herman Melville
Giving, Quests, Wrecks
Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.4644, Delphi Classics

Book! You lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You'll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to supply the thoughts.

Herman Melville
Lying, Book, Giving
Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.481, Velvet Element Books

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