#Quote
More Quotes by Herman Melville
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
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.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.
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.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
