Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, the Unshored...

Quote by Herman Melville

Topics: Death Quotes

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

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

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

Know, thou, that the lines that live are turned out of a furrowed brow.

Know, thou, that the lines that live are turned out of a furrowed brow.

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a...

There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a...

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

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

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to...

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to...

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

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

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

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by...

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by...

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?

So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses.

So philosophers so throughly comprehend us as horses.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only...

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only...