Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.

A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.

A secret is a weapon and a friend.

Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again.

By having much, you are fitted to have more.

Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be.

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant.

We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is really important.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.

But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.

I think it's a great document of John Stevens' originality. At that time he was already much more fully formed in his conception than I was. I was sort of struggling to keep up, and sometimes it's pretty obvious.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

The secret of all effective originality in advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships.

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions.

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.