There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method. HERMAN MELVILLE CareEnterpriseMethodOrderTrue
The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would. HERMAN MELVILLE BlindEvilRemovalWorst
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 AgeCrackLifeLyingRealityRoundSharpWorld
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. HERMAN MELVILLE BeliefDeathDoubtFaithFoodHopeReligious
See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them. HERMAN MELVILLE GrowthLoveOneselfPrejudiceSee
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. HERMAN MELVILLE BetterFailureLimitationOriginalSuccess
