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Novelty Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
- Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new…
- All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.
More Novelty Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly,… — Christian Bale
- The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. — Simone de Beauvoir
- An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties. — Pope Benedict XVI
- Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty. — Jean de la Bruyere
- Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. — Anthony Burgess
- The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. — Thomas Carlyle
- I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect. — Nick Cave