Herman Melville

Puzzles

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Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Herman Melville?

  • → Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.
  • → It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
  • → When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
  • → Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Herman Melville.

  • → I can resist everything except temptation.
  • → One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.
  • → Art is the objectification of feeling.
  • → Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Herman Melville.

  • → A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities.
  • → The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
  • → A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
  • → Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to Herman Melville. Which one?

  • → The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
  • → A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities.
  • → We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
  • → When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
  
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