A Quote by Joseph Addison
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.
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The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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 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.
Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?
There are more copies than originals among people.
We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?
We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance).
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.
God makes originals not carbon copies. It's okay to be inspired by someone, but be bold enough to be yourself.
History, it is easily perceived, is a picture-gallery containing a host of copies and very few originals.
Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.
A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die - which variety or species shall increase in number, and which shall decrease, or finally become extinct.
How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.
Let us enquire. Who, then, shall challenge the words? Why are they challenged. And by whom? By those who call themselves the guardians of morality, and who are the constituted guardians of religion. Enquiry, it seems, suits not them. They have drawn the line, beyond which human reason shall not pass -- above which human virtue shall not aspire! All that is without their faith or above their rule, is immorality, is atheism, is -- I know not what.
I have found a groove and a combination between originals and mashups that I think works well.
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