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Herman Melville Quotes about Sailing

There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.

There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.

Herman Melville (2016). “White Jacket”, p.292, Herman Melville

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head

Herman Melville (1962). “Billy Budd, Sailor”, p.83, University of Chicago Press