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More Quotes by Herman Melville
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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.
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.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
