Quote by Francis Bacon
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so ar

As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. – Francis Bacon

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

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The original is unfaithful to the translation. – Jorge Luis Borges

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It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself? – G. W. F. Hegel

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All profoundly original art looks ugly at first. – Clement Greenberg

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ORIGINALITY is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe — you cant take a taxi. – Alan Alda

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