Maxioms by Herman Melville
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.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
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.
But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
