The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.


Mardi: And a Voyage Thither (ed. 1855)

Herman Melville Quotes

The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.

The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.

The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.

The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.