More Quotes by Herman Melville
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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 who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
