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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.
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
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.
What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
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.
