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Originality 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.
- From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
- The authour who imitates his predecessors only by furnishing himself with thoughts and elegances out of the same general magazine of literature, can with little…
- No writer can be fully convicted of imitation except there is a concurrence of more resemblance than can be imagined to have happened by chance;…
- As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The…
- The complaint, therefore, that all topicks are preoccupied, is nothing more than the murmur of ignorance or idleness, by which some discourage others, and some…
- To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the…
- To do nothing is in everyone's power.
More Originality Quotes
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times… — Ansel Adams
- I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original. — Aaliyah
- Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality. — Jackie Chan
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. — Simone de Beauvoir
- About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. — Josh Billings
- Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. — Aesop