A man of true science... uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science... thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.


Ch. 63 - White-Jacket (1850)

Herman Melville Quotes

A man of true science... uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science... thinks, ...

A man of true science... uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science... thinks, ...

A man of true science... uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science... thinks, ...

A man of true science... uses but few hard words, and those only when none other will answer his purpose; whereas the smatterer in science... thinks, ...