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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

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Genius Borrows nobly. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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What is originality? Undetected plagiarism. – W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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