Best Herman Melville Qoutes
- ...that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever… All
- But the past is passed; why moralize upon it? Forget it. See, yon bright son has forgotten it all, and the blue sea, and the… All
- Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another. Break
- I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does not kill or insult any other… Any
- If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen very plainly in my heart that I did but half fancy being committed… Absolute
- Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth. Commandment
- Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when… Beneath
- Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing. Fate
- Doesn't the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil? Any
- We cannibals must help these Christians. Cannibal
- Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity! Ah
- Genius is full of trash. Full
- Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never… Any
- Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest… All
- I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. Adventure
- Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the… Angle
- Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler… Become Transfigured
- But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build upon. Been
- To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain. Inspirational
- For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled… Blood
- So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and… All
- All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn… All
- It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and… Admire
- Will you, or will you not, quit me? I now demanded in a sudden passion, advancing close to him. "I would prefer not to quit… Advancing
- Madman! Look through my eyes if thou hast none of thine own. Eye
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