black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

Herman Melville

A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Evidence Hard Himself Man Mouth Science Thinking True Understand
Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Better Family Fool Himself Husband Life Maid Man Men Old Partner Stay Woman
When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
HERMAN MELVILLE

Born Equality Freedom Legal Men Slave Writing
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.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Down Draw Land Magic Men Sea Stream Water
See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Growth Love Oneself Prejudice See
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Connection Leaving Ourselves Togetherness
The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Man Material Poor
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Book Produce Theme
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Draw Map One Liner Place True
All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Age Crack Life Lying Reality Round Sharp World
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Come Known Laughter Myself Willing
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Growth Jaw Joy Sweet
One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Awake Cool Man Morning One Liner Wisdom
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.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Assumption Criticisms Humanity Poor Rich
Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Beautiful Magic Reality Strength
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Knowledge Ourselves Reason Wisdom

I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Herman Melville Quotes