The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.

Quote by Thomas W Higginson

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When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense...

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense...

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

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

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

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are...

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Originality is merely an illusion

Originality is merely an illusion