Herman Melville Quotes about Knowledge
![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.](http://cdn.myquotes.org/images/herman-melville/of-all-the-preposterous-assumptions-of-humanity-over-humanity-nothing-exceeds-most-of-the-criticisms-made-on-the-habits-of.jpg)
Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). “Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition”, p.296, Northwestern University Press
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1231, Delphi Classics
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1221, Delphi Classics
Herman Melville (1850). “Redburn: His First Voyage. Being the Sailor-boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-gentleman, in the Merchant Service”, p.89