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More Quotes by Herman Melville
I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
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.