More Quotes by Herman Melville
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
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.
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.
Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
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 sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
