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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
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.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
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.
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for read more
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for himself, not for another.
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.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
