It Is Better To Fail In Originality Than To Succeed In Imitation.

My dear,

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

What does the imitator learn from his success but how to be a thief of ideas? A pillager of other men’s creations? A beggar? A parasite? A leech of the worst kind?

What does the being who failed in originality learn but how to better himself tomorrow?

Falsely yours,
Herman Melville

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