Original Quotes

There is nothing mysterious about originality, nothing fantastic. Originality is merely the step beyond.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.

Originality consists in thinking for yourself, and not in thinking unlike other people.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also the most difficult task.

Though old the thought and oft exprest’ ’tis his at last who says it best.

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.