Maxioms by Herman Melville
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.
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 principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
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.
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.
