Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
HERMAN MELVILLEYet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
HERMAN MELVILLEOnly the man who says no is free
HERMAN MELVILLEThe Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
HERMAN MELVILLEDo not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
HERMAN MELVILLEThe only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
HERMAN MELVILLETo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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 MELVILLELife’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
HERMAN MELVILLEHeaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
HERMAN MELVILLEBeneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLEFriendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
HERMAN MELVILLEA smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the test of greatness.
HERMAN MELVILLEA whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
HERMAN MELVILLE