Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

Quote by Herman Melville

Topics: Herman Melville Quotes

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For...

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For...

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man...

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man...

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

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...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Art is the objectification of feeling.

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

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

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but...

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but...

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep.

There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep.

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...

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he...

God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he...

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...

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep...

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep...

There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for...

There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for...

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the...

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the...

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

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