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.
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.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
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 path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
