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The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to change, read more
The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to change, or disguise, all
sorts of speeches or their own composition, or that of other
authors, for their pleasure, or their utility; in such a manner
that it becomes impossible even for the author himself to
recognize his own work, his own genius, and his own style, so
skillfully shall the whole be disguised.
- Isaac D'Israeli,
To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order read more
To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I have, in a way, to silence it. I bring to this incessant speech the decisiveness, the authority of my own silence.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
He liked those literary cooks
Who skim the cream of others' books;
And ruin half an author's read more
He liked those literary cooks
Who skim the cream of others' books;
And ruin half an author's graces
By plucking bon-mots from their places.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single
experiment can prove me wrong.
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single
experiment can prove me wrong.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
