Herman Melvillewas an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. Herman Melville
A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will; I'll go to it laughing. Herman Melville
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will; I'll go to it laughing.
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. Herman Melville
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Herman Melville
I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. Herman Melville
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
Meditation and water are wedded for ever. Herman Melville
Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. Herman Melville
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
A laugh's the wisest, easiest answer to all that's queer. Herman Melville
A laugh's the wisest, easiest answer to all that's queer.
Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance. Herman Melville
Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. Herman Melville
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. Herman Melville
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
