More Quotes by Herman Melville
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 knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
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.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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.
