Herman Melville Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• There is a woe that is wisdom, a woe that is madness.

  Herman Melville

  Wisdom, Woe, Madness

• It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.

  Herman Melville

  Wisdom, Infinite, Subjects

  Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). “Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition”, p.253, Northwestern University Press

• He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

  Herman Melville

  Success, Wisdom, Failure

  Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Julian Hawthorne (2015). “Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House of Seven Gables” and “Twice-Told Tales””, p.1775, e-artnow

• One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.

  Herman Melville

  Wisdom, Morning, Men

  Herman Melville (2016). “Bartleby, The Scrivener”, p.26, Herman Melville

• While nature thus very early and very abundantly feeds us, she is very late in tutoring us as to the proper methodization of our diet.

  Herman Melville

  Wisdom, Nature, Learning

  Herman Melville (2016). “Pierre; or The Ambiguities”, p.326, Herman Melville

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