More Quotes by Herman Melville
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.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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.
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.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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.
