Quote by Herman Melville
Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation. – Herman Melville

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The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass. – Herman Melville

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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. – Victor Hugo

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Life is the power thats greater than I can ever comprehend. The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature – that makes me humble. – Michael J. Fox

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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. – Jean Ingelow

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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. – Tacitus

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