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More Quotes by Herman Melville
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
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.
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 knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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.
