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More Quotes by Herman Melville
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
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.
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.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
