--- title: "6 Cunning Quotes By Herman Melville" description: "6 Cunning quotes by Herman Melville. Plus more from Herman Melville and more Cunning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/herman-melville-162_analogies_o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyon_684134.jpg" --- > [O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies; not the smallest atom stirs or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyond-all-utterance-are-your/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/herman-melville-162_analogies_o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyon_684134.jpg) > [Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-and-most-feline-thing/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/herman-melville-162_cunning_human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-an_1035645.jpg) > [Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-and-most-feline-thing-when-you/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/herman-melville-162_cunning_human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-an_1759119.jpg) > [In this world of lies, Truth is forced to fly like a scared white doe in the woodlands; and only by cunning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/in-this-world-of-lies-truth-is-forced-to-fly-like-a-scared-white-doe/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/herman-melville-162_art_in-this-world-of-lies-truth-is-forced-to_1928474.jpg) > [Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/stripped-of-the-cunning-artifices-of-the-tailor-and-standing-forth-in/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/herman-melville-162_artifice_stripped-of-the-cunning-artifices-of-the_2085999.jpg) > [Say what some poets will, Nature is not so much her own ever-sweet interpreter, as the mere supplier of that cunning alphabet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/say-what-some-poets-will-nature-is-not-so-much-her-own-ever-sweet/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/herman-melville-162_alphabet_say-what-some-poets-will-nature-is-not-s_2837744.jpg) ## Other authors on Cunning ## More by Herman Melville > [“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/and-man-though-idiotic-and-knowing-not-what-he-does-yet-full-of-the/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/but-were-the-coming-narrative-to-reveal-in-any-instance-the-complete/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/on-ralph-waldo-emerson-i-love-all-men-who-dive-any-fish-can-swim-near/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/so-seemed-it-to-me-as-i-stood-at-her-helm-and-for-long-hours-silently/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“the only real owner of anything is its commander;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-only-real-owner-of-anything-is-its-commander/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/consider-the-subtleness-of-the-sea-how-its-most-dreaded-creatures/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/is-it-that-by-its-indefiniteness-it-shadows-forth-the-heartless-voids/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/now-as-i-before-hinted-i-have-no-objection-to-any-person-s-religion/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/let-america-first-praise-mediocrity-even-in-her-children-before-she/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Only the man who says no is free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/only-the-man-who-says-no-is-free/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/beneath-those-stars-is-a-universe-of-gliding-monsters/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/yet-this-is-life-for-hardly-have-we-mortals-by-long-toilings/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [I never fancied broiling fowls; - though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/i-never-fancied-broiling-fowls-though-once-broiled-judiciously/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/war-should-be-carried-on-like-a-monsoon-one-changeless-determination/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) > [Genius is full of trash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/genius-is-full-of-trash/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cunning/herman-melville/#itemlist", "name": "6 Cunning Quotes By Herman Melville", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies; not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herman Melville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyond-all-utterance-are-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/herman-melville-162_analogies_o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyon_684134.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/herman-melville-162_analogies_o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyon_684134.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/herman-melville-162_analogies_o-nature-and-o-soul-of-man-how-far-beyon_684134.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies; not the smallest atom…” — Herman Melville", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herman Melville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-and-most-feline-thing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/herman-melville-162_cunning_human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-an_1035645.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/herman-melville-162_cunning_human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-an_1035645.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/herman-melville-162_cunning_human-madness-is-oftentimes-a-cunning-an_1035645.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing” — Herman Melville", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. 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