Maxioms by Herman Melville
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as read more
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. -Herman Melville.
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. The dignity is in leisure.
They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. The dignity is in leisure.
