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Quotation from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

“Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.”

Herman Melville (spoken by Ishmael)

Moby-Dick, Chapter 3 (Project Gutenberg #2701)

Portrait of Herman Melville

After his first fright at Queequeg in the Spouter-Inn, Ishmael decides to share the bed.

Citation: "Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian." — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 3 (Project Gutenberg #2701). (id moby-dick-q3)

Portrait: Moby-Dick FE title page, The original uploader was Chick Bowen at English Wikipedia., Public domain.

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