Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.
Herman MelvilleI baptize you not in the name of the father, but in the name of the devil. (Ego baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli.)
Herman MelvilleWho in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins?
Herman MelvilleThe drama's done. Why then here does any one step forth? — Because one did survive the wreck.
Herman MelvilleAll experience teaches that, whenever there is a great national establishment, employing large numbers of officials, the public must be reconciled to support many incompetent men; for such is the favoritism and nepotism always prevailing in the purlieus of these establishments, that some incompetent persons are always admitted, to the exclusion of many of the worthy.
Herman Melville