Herman Melville Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Herman Melville quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased novelist born on Aug 1, 1819). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 52 we have for him.
“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.”
“Truth is in things, and not in words.”
“A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.”
“To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.”
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”
“There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.”
“Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.”
“There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.”
“There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.”
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