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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.
Herman Melville
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"In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers."
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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. — Herman Melville

About Herman Melville

Herman Melville was a Novelist from United States (1819–1891).

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This quote is attributed to Herman Melville, a Novelist from United States.
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Herman Melville lived from 1819 – 1891.
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