There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the… — Herman Melville
There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · 1851
★ 7.1Provenance
Current citation
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 87.
Original citation
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 87.
