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More Quotes by Herman Melville
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.
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.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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.
