It is better to fail at originality than to succeed at imitation.
¶ (Attributed)
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Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
If the gods think to speak outright to man, they will honorably speak outright; not shake their heads, and give an old wives’ darkling hint.
¶ Moby-Dick, ch. 133 [Ahab] (1851)
Whoever afflict us, whatever surround,
Life is a voyage that's homeward-bound!
¶ White-Jacket (1850)
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