We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.


Mardi: And a Voyage Thither (ed. 1849)

Herman Melville Quotes

We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.

We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.

We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.

We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.