More Quotes by Herman Melville
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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.
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
