Philosophy Quote by Herman Melville

“With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship”

— Herman Melville

“With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword”

— Herman Melville

“...the sea offers the only broad horizon, and the immense he saw now gave him a peculiar, an indescribable thrill. He felt suddenly elated.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“because seas are like cats, he said, they always come home.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever i find myself involuntarily…

— Herman Melville

“The sea is very beautiful and gives us many things, but it must be understood and respected, or it will slap you ...”

— J.Z. Colby

“Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on…

— Herman Melville

“I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; so am I.”

— Greta Garbo

“He seemed a little uneasy, and he welcomed me with something of the gratitude of the shipwrecked mariner who sights a sail.”

— P G Wodehouse

“I was in the midst of an ocean of my fellow-men, and yet a perfect stranger to every one.”

— Frederick Douglass

“And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank”

— Joseph Conrad

“It was the sea that made me begin thinking secretly about love more than anything else; you know, a love worth dying for, or…

— Yukio Mishima