Herman Melville Quotes

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Herman Melville

Profession : Novelist

Birth : August 1, 1819

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man.

Herman Melville

There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.

Herman Melville

There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.

Herman Melville

Truth is in things, and not in words.

Herman Melville

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

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

The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love.

Herman Melville

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

Herman Melville

To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another.

Herman Melville

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

Herman Melville