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What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
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.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.
No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's read more
No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.
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.
