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Herman Melville Quotes

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.
Herman Melville

Biography

Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: American
Born: August 1, 1819
Died: September 28, 1891

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

It is not down in any map; true places never are.
Herman Melville

Truth is in things, and not in words.
Herman Melville

There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.
Herman Melville

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
Herman Melville

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
Herman Melville

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