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Quotation from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

“There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.”

Herman Melville (spoken by Ishmael)

Moby-Dick, Chapter 96 (Project Gutenberg #2701)

Portrait of Herman Melville

After nearly capsizing the ship while dozing at the tiller beside the try-works, Ishmael warns against gazing too long into the fire.

Citation: "There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness." — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 96 (Project Gutenberg #2701). (id moby-dick-q11)

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