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Herman Melville Quotes
Famous Quotes From Herman Melville

I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas.
~ Herman Melville ~

Old age is always wakeful as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
~ 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 ~

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
~ Herman Melville ~

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

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.
~ Herman Melville ~

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
~ Herman Melville ~

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

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
~ Herman Melville ~