Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.Herman Melville · Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Read the saying and check its sourcesOld age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
Herman Melville · Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Work and sources
- Wikiquote (en) · Herman Melville · Quotes / Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) · estratto «Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with» · Ch. 29: Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
- Herman Melville · Moby Dick; Or, The Whale · Riscontro testuale dell’estratto; edizione Gutenberg 2701
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