Herman Melville Quotes about Feelings

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Art is the objectification of feeling.

Herman Melville

Inspirational, Art, Feelings

"Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,". Book by Susanne Katherina Langer, vol. 1, pt. 2, ch. 4, 1967.

What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.

Herman Melville

Men, Play, Feelings

Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.4895, Delphi Classics

To certain temperaments, especially when previously agitated by any deep feeling, there is perhaps nothing more exasperating, andwhich sooner explodes all self-command, than the coarse, jeering insolence of a porter, cabman, or hack-driver.

Herman Melville

Self, Feelings, Jeering

Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.2530, Delphi Classics

I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Ineffable socialities are in me. I would sit down and dine with you and all the gods in old Rome's Pantheon. It is a strange feeling--no hopefulness is in it, no despair. Content--that is it; and irresponsibility; but without licentious inclination.

Herman Melville

Book, Rome, Feelings

Herman Melville (2001). “Tales, Poems, and Other Writings”