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More Quotes by Herman Melville
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
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.
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.
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.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
