Quotes by
Herman Melville |
1819-1891 , American writer
American novelist, short story writer, and poet. His best-known work is Moby-Dick (1851) which is considered one of the great American novels. | 12 quotes | 661 visits |
Quotations
| • | It is not down on any map; true places never are. 3 |
| • | To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. 3 |
| • | Call me Ishmael. (first phrase from Moby-Dick) |
| • | Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. |
| • | Meditation and water are wedded for ever. |
| • | You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing. |
| • | He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. |
| • | Youth is the time when hearts are large. |
| • | I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. |
| • | He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity. |
| • | The eyes are the gateway to the soul. |
| • | It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. |
