It is not down in any map; true places never are.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is not down in any map; true places never are.
HERMAN MELVILLEA man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
HERMAN MELVILLETo know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
HERMAN MELVILLEYet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
HERMAN MELVILLEFame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
HERMAN MELVILLETruth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
HERMAN MELVILLEFaith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
HERMAN MELVILLEBenevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
HERMAN MELVILLELet us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
HERMAN MELVILLEA thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLEA smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
HERMAN MELVILLEDream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
HERMAN MELVILLE