Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLEBeneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLEArt is the objectification of feeling.
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 MELVILLEIn a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
HERMAN MELVILLEOne of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
HERMAN MELVILLESilence is the only Voice of our God.
HERMAN MELVILLETo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLEI’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
HERMAN MELVILLEMy body is but the lees of my better being.
HERMAN MELVILLEAid my disillusionment, my friend!
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the true test of greatness
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
HERMAN MELVILLEA thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
HERMAN MELVILLE