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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 nothing but judicious imitation.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
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.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first read more
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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.
