Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-2] of 2 Herman Melville quotesHerman Melville QuotesHerman Melville If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books should be forbid.~ Herman Melville It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.~ Herman Melville Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print