I’m a demoniac; I am madness maddened.
Herman Melville
Madness, Demoniac, Identity, Insanity, Fear, Chaos
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More Herman Melville Quotes
“The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid, – what will compare with it? The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!” Herman Melville
Money, Irony, Human Nature, Morality, Wealth, Life’s Struggles
Herman Melville Money, Irony, Human Nature, Morality, Wealth, Life’s Struggles“You must have plenty of sea-room to tell the truth in.” Herman Melville
Truth Sea, Room Plenty, Honest Space, Truth, Sea, Space
Herman Melville Truth Sea, Room Plenty, Honest Space, Truth, Sea, Space“Surrounded as we are by the wants and woes of our fellow-men, and yet given to follow our own pleasures, regardless of their pains, are we not like people sitting up with a corpse, and making merry in the house of the dead?” Herman Melville
Selfishness, Humanity, Indifference, Life’s Struggles, Death, Irony
Herman Melville Selfishness, Humanity, Indifference, Life’s Struggles, Death, Irony“There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.” Herman Melville
Careful Disorder, True Method, Enterprises, Disorder, Method, Careful
Herman Melville Careful Disorder, True Method, Enterprises, Disorder, Method, Careful“There is a woe that is wisdom, a woe that is madness.” Herman Melville
Wisdom Woe, Madness Contrast, Dual Suffering, Woe, Wisdom, Madness
Herman Melville Wisdom Woe, Madness Contrast, Dual Suffering, Woe, Wisdom, Madness“Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises… the best excellence in the children of any other land.” Herman Melville
American Mediocrity, National Values, Excellence Contrast, America, Mediocrity, Praise
Herman Melville American Mediocrity, National Values, Excellence Contrast, America, Mediocrity, Praise“There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.” Herman Melville
Sorrow Goodness, World Balance, Emotional Depth, Sorrow, Goodness, Balance
Herman Melville Sorrow Goodness, World Balance, Emotional Depth, Sorrow, Goodness, Balance“Though neither knows where lie the nameless things of which the mystic sign gives forth such hints; yet with me, as with the colt, somewhere those things must exist. Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright.” Herman Melville
Mystic Signs, Visible Love, Invisible Fear, Signs, Love, Fear
Herman Melville Mystic Signs, Visible Love, Invisible Fear, Signs, Love, Fear“Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!” Herman Melville
Death, Angel, Fate, Religion, Life’s Irony, Tragedy
Herman Melville Death, Angel, Fate, Religion, Life’s Irony, Tragedy“The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.” Herman Melville
Schoolmaster Sailor, Stoics Transition, Strong Decoction, Schoolmaster, Stoics, Transition
Herman Melville Schoolmaster Sailor, Stoics Transition, Strong Decoction, Schoolmaster, Stoics, Transition“But it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky; and the air smells now, as if it blew from a far-away meadow; they have been making hay somewhere under the slopes of the Andes, Starbuck, and the mowers are sleeping among the new-mown hay. Sleeping?” Herman Melville
Mild Wind, Gentle Breeze, Sleeping Hay, Andean Air, Quiet Sky, Peaceful Winds
Herman Melville Mild Wind, Gentle Breeze, Sleeping Hay, Andean Air, Quiet Sky, Peaceful Winds“Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.” Herman Melville
Female Beauty, Smoking Habit, Art Of Smoking, Youthful Charm, Women’s Habits, Beauty And Smoking
Herman Melville Female Beauty, Smoking Habit, Art Of Smoking, Youthful Charm, Women’s Habits, Beauty And Smoking“Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.” Herman Melville
Wisdom, Philosophy, Life’s Rules, Reflection, Sleep, Thought
Herman Melville Wisdom, Philosophy, Life’s Rules, Reflection, Sleep, Thought“All truth is profound.” Herman Melville
Profound Truth, Deep Insight, Truth, Profound, Insight, Knowledge
Herman Melville Profound Truth, Deep Insight, Truth, Profound, Insight, Knowledge“Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.” Herman Melville
Virtue Courage, Common Strength, Courage, Vulgar, Virtue, Strength
Herman Melville Virtue Courage, Common Strength, Courage, Vulgar, Virtue, Strength“Like a savage tigress that tossing in the jungle overlays her own cubs, so the sea dashes even the mightiest whales against the rocks, and leaves them there side by side with the split wrecks of ships. No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe.” Herman Melville
Sea, Nature, Power, Violence, Survival, Chaos
Herman Melville Sea, Nature, Power, Violence, Survival, Chaos“You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.” Herman Melville
All Knowing, Infinite Truth, Knowledge Limit, Know, All, Truth
Herman Melville All Knowing, Infinite Truth, Knowledge Limit, Know, All, Truth“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.” Herman Melville
Good Laugh, Scarce Laughter, Laughter’s Value, Rare Humor, Mighty Good, Laughter’s Rarity
Herman Melville Good Laugh, Scarce Laughter, Laughter’s Value, Rare Humor, Mighty Good, Laughter’s Rarity