Quotes by Melville, Herman

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with o >>

But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. >>

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, --for it i >>

Quotations about Literature

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in ou >>

The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to mak >>

I am not a literary man. I am a man of science, and I am interested in >>

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.

Melville, Herman