Herman Melville

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
- Herman Melville

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
-Herman Melville

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
-Herman Melville

Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
-Herman Melville

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
-Herman Melville

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.
-Herman Melville

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
-Herman Melville

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
-Herman Melville

All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence.
-Herman Melville

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor.
-Herman Melville

Ignorance is the parent of fear.
-Herman Melville

It is not down in any map; true places never are.
-Herman Melville