More quotes by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."
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"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian."
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"So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right."
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