Originality is simply a fresh pair of eyes. "If you want to astonish the whole world," said Rahel, " tell the simple truth."
— T. W. Higginson
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Thursday, October 08, 2015
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Post #1612
People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and this goes on to the end. And after all, what can we call our own, except energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favor.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- Dave
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