More Quotes by Herman Melville
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
