Quotes by Herman Melville

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
— Herman Melville
"I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing."
— Herman Melville
"A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities."
— Herman Melville
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Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick ...