More Quotes by Herman Melville
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
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.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
