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"No man was ever great by imitation."
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"It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the grooves."

"You walk like others? You talk like others? You think like others? Then the world doesn't need you because others are already abundant in the world! Be original!"

"Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing."

"People who copy you will always be one step behind."

"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."

"Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar."

"When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect."

"None of my art is based on how others think i should have done it."
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"The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity."


"No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves."


"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."


"It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached."


"There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex."


"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."
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