More Quotes by Herman Melville
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
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.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
