More Quotes by Herman Melville
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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.
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.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
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.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
