Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly ori…

Eric Hoffer
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Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1982). Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer, HarperCollins Publishers
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