Famous Herman Melville Quotes
Come what will, one comfort’s always left -” that unfailing comfort is, it’s all predestinated.– Herman Melville
Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own.– Herman Melville
… the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril,– Herman Melville
… an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.– Herman Melville
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.– Herman Melville
I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.– Herman Melville
Ahab and aguish lay stretched together in one hammock.– Herman Melville
To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.– Herman Melville
[T]here is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.– Herman Melville
The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.– Herman Melville