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Quote by Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. – Herman Melville

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The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head – Herman Melville

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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. – Herman Melville

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Copy from one, its plagiarism; copy from two, its research. – Wilson Mizner

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Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. – Malcolm Mclaren

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Most writers steal a good thing when they can, and when Tis safely got Tis worth the winning. The worst of t is we now and then detect em, they ever dream that we suspect em. – Bryan Waller Proctor

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Nothing is said which has not been said before. – Terence

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