Famous Herman Melville Sayings
- He pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married... Thus, then, in our hearts' honeymoon, lay… Clasped
- We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes… Action
- 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
- Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things. Afraid
- So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses. Comprehend
- He who has never failed somewhere, that man can notbe great. Failure is the true test of greatness. And if it be said, that continual… Added
- They are friends; and friendly they guide him to prey Yet never partake of the treat Eyes and brains to the dotard lethargic and dull,… Brains
- Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli! deliriously howled Ahab, as the malignant iron scorchingly devoured the baptismal blood. Ahab
- If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh. Begin
- We talk of the Turks, and abhor the cannibals; but may not some of them, go to heaven, before some of us? Abhor
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