Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the us…

John Stuart Mill
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. ✨ John Stuart Mill (2015). On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, p.64, OUP Oxford
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