Best quotes by Herman Melville

Herman Melville Quotes

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. ...more
Birth: August 01, 1819 - Death: September 28, 1891
Best quotes by Herman Melville

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Men , Inspirational , Life
Best quotes by Herman Melville

I try all things, I achieve what I can.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Trying , Inspirational , I Can
Best quotes by 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
Topic(s): Knows , Inspirational , Art
Best quotes by Herman Melville

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Wells , Poor , Criticize
Best quotes by Herman Melville

Failure is the test of greatness.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Motivational , Greatness , Tests
Best quotes by Herman Melville

See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Love , Grows , Prejudice
Best quotes by Herman Melville

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Life , Politics , Success
Best quotes by Herman Melville

Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Relation , True Friend , International Relations
Best quotes by Herman Melville

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Literature , Democracy , Hell
Best quotes by Herman Melville

There’s something ever egotistical in mountain-tops and towers, and all other grand and lofty things.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Mountain , All Things , Climbing
Best quotes by Herman Melville

Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): Inspirational , Dream , Motivational
Best quotes by Herman Melville

In our own hearts, we mold the whole world’s hereafters; and in our own hearts we fashion our own gods.
- Herman Melville
Topic(s): World , Heart , Whole