More Quotes by Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
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.
