Herman Melville Quotes about Adversity

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He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

Herman Melville

Knowledge, Adversity, Self

Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1231, Delphi Classics

The Navy is the asylum for the perverse, the home of the unfortunate. Here the sons of adversity meet the children of calamity, and here the children of calamity meet the offspring of sin.

Herman Melville

Children, Home, Adversity

Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.4823, Delphi Classics