Quotes by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Explore a curated collection of 71 quotes by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and yo — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places neve — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
But vain to popularize profundities, and all truth is profound. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. Not drowned entirely, though. Rathe — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
One often hears of writers that rise and swell with their subject, though it may seem but an ordinary one. How, then, wi — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael, that the magnanimous God of heaven and earth—pagans and all — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Ignorance is the parent of fear. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee; as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
[T]hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the sw — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the sw — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Nor, perhaps, will it fail to be eventually perceived, that behind those forms and usages, as it were, he sometimes mask — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in it — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
[T]here is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men. — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
At such times, under an abated sun; afloat all day upon smooth, slow heaving swells; seated in his boat, light as a birc — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale