Herman Melville on Human Nature
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Herman Melville, catalogued under Human Nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Herman Melville, entry #192536: "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."
Attributed to Herman Melville, entry #58750: "Patriotism is not baseness, neither is it inhumanity."
3 Quotes by Herman Melville on Human Nature
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."
"Patriotism is not baseness, neither is it inhumanity."
"Whoever is not in the possession of leisure can hardly be said to possess independence. They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. True Work is the necessity of poor humanity's earthly condition. The dignity is in leisure. Besides, 99 hundreths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked."