Where do murderers go, man! Who’s to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar? Herman Melville Read Quote
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it. Herman Melville Read Quote
There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. Herman Melville Read Quote
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. Herman Melville Read Quote
There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. Herman Melville Read Quote
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke. Herman Melville Read Quote
Toil is man’s allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that’s more than either, the grief and sin of idleness. Herman Melville Read Quote
In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. Herman Melville Read Quote
