More Quotes by Herman Melville
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.
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.
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.
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.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
