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

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
I exclude the hypothesis of complete originality on Lever 's part, because a man — George Bernard Shaw
Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is — Oscar Wilde
That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before. — Marcus Aurelius
Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has a — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is th — Roy T. Bennett
Art, thou hast many infamies, But not an infamy like this. O snap the fife and s — Richard Le Gallienne
I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most — Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scatt — Daniel Webster
Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu' — Stendhal
As the Ruler , so the people . — Tulsidas
When You and I behind the Veil are past, Oh, but the long, long while the World — Omar Khayyám
He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can — Sigmund Freud