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Hawthorne and His Mosses Quotes

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness. - Herman Melville (Hawthorne and His Mosses Quotes)

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.

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Herman Melville - Book Quotes
  • Book: Hawthorne and His Mosses
  • Writer: Herman Melville
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1850
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