Herman Melville Quotes

They think me mad--Starbuck does; but I'm demoniac, I am madness maddened! That wild madness that's only calm to comprehend itself! - Herman Melville

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure. - Herman Melville

There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is. - Herman Melville

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man. - Herman Melville

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. - Herman Melville

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

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. - Herman Melville

There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid. - Herman Melville

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