"My means are sane, my motives and my…" — Herman Melville

My means are sane, my motives and my object mad. - Herman Melville

"My means are sane, my motives and my object mad."

— Herman Melville

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285 Quotes by Herman Melville

Herman Melville has 285 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any…
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my…
They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter…
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He…
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a…
He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies…
Prayer draws us near to our own souls.

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More Insanity Quotes

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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium… — Antonin Artaud
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in… — Marcus Aurelius
I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of… — Christian Bale
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. — Henry Ward Beecher
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. — Ambrose Bierce
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage. — Ambrose Bierce
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness.… — Rita Mae Brown
Control your life through insanity. — Cliff Burton
One person's craziness is another person's reality. — Tim Burton

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