Maxioms by Herman Melville
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we read more
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.
The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like read more
The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.
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.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
