The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man. – Thomas Carlyle
One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes. – Banksy
Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality. – Arthur Koestler
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. – Thomas W Higginson
There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original. – Richard Russo
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. – Lawrence J. Peters
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. – John Stuart Mill
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. – Voltaire
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. – James Stephens
You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for? – Bernadette Peters
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Insist upon yourself. Be original. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality. – Kahlil Gibran
Just as a photocopied article is without colour so is anyone who desires to be like someone else.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. – Josh Billings
An envious heart can’t be original. – Toba Beta
Nothing in Christianity is original. – Dan Brown
I’d rather live the life of an unknown original than to live a life of a famous clone.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all. – Abraham Lincoln
Be yourself. The world worships the original. – Jean Cocteau
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