counterpane Author: Herman Melville Copy Quote More from Herman Melville “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” “His three boats stove around him, and oars and men both whirling in the eddies;…” “There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is…” “But all the things that God would have us do are hard for us to do -- remember …”