A Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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History, it is easily perceived, is a picture-gallery containing a host of copies and very few originals.
The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.
We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?
The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.
Not infrequently, we encounter copies of important human beings; and here, too, as in the case of paintings, most people prefer the copies to the originals.
The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.
Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?
There are more copies than originals among people.
We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance).
This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: [ Howard] Zinn's history "set the stage for the grievance mongering that passes for history classes today, and is still widely used. It has sold over 2 million copies since it was first published in 1980 and continues to sell over 100,000 copies a year because it is required reading at many of our high schools and colleges. That's a lot of young minds."
God makes originals not carbon copies. It's okay to be inspired by someone, but be bold enough to be yourself.
every being is unique.god neva creates carbon copies,he alys creates originals.he is truly a creator.he neva repeats.but man goes on living in imitation.we are tryin to be somedody else which is impossible.
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.
A painter may be an abandoned mimic; at school he copies his teachers, which is only right, but he copies in turn every artist in town, which is not. He may do you that honour.
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