More Quotes by Herman Melville
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.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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.
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.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
