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More Quotes by Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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.
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.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.