The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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 MELVILLEThe eyes are the gateway to the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
HERMAN MELVILLEAll deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
HERMAN MELVILLEAs for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
HERMAN MELVILLEI’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
HERMAN MELVILLEThey talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
HERMAN MELVILLETruth is in things, and not in words.
HERMAN MELVILLEIgnorance is the parent of fear.
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the test of greatness.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
HERMAN MELVILLETis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
HERMAN MELVILLEI love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the true test of greatness
HERMAN MELVILLEOne of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLE