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The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
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.
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.
