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What a good thing Adam had — when he said a good thing, he

What a good thing Adam had — when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. – Mark Twain, 1867

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The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others. – Arthur Schopenhauer, “On Authorship and Style,” translated from German by Mrs. R

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I am now to offer some thoughts upon that sameness or familiarity which we frequently find between passages in different authors without quotation. This may be one of three things either what is called Plagiarism, or Imitation, or Coincidence. – James Boswell, “The Hypochondriack,” No.XXII, 1779

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Proverbs are the literature of reason. – French Proverb

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I really didn’t say everything I said. – Yogi Berra

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