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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

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass. – Herman Melville

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Survival
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Herman Melville
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. – Herman Melville

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

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

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Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism. – George Moore

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Plagiarism

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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Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. – Edward Gibbon

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