Herman Melville Quotes about Human Nature

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The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.

The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.

Herman Melville

Expression, Years, Human Nature

Herman Melville (1988). “The Confidence-man: His Masquerade”, p.464, Northwestern University Press

Poor fish of Rodondo! in your victimized confidence, you are of the number of those who inconsiderately trust, while they do not understand, human nature.

Herman Melville

Numbers, Human Nature, Poor

Herman Melville (2016). “Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories”, p.109, Penguin

Herman Melville Quotes about Human Nature

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