Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
Marquis de Vauvenargues.
Original thought emerges from expressing ideas in a unique, personal manner rather than copying existing forms.
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An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
— François-René de Chateaubriand
I quote others only the better to express myself.
— Michel de Montaigne
In its April 26, 1999, edition, Newsweek carried a story entitled "Pen, Paper, Power!" by Claudia Kalb. "Confessional wr…
Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'Tis his at last who says it best.
— J. R. Lowell
When workers in marble in ancient Rome accidentally chipped their statues, they would fill in the chipped places with wa…
— this custom has come the modern
God created man in his own image, says the Bible. Philosophers reverse the process; they create God in theirs.
— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
