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All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think read more
All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.
What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and read more
When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
