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Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.
Mark Twain1835–1910
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said.
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A witty saying proves nothing.
Voltaire1694–1778Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers (1767): Deuxième Entretien
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900De Profundis (1897)