“Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality”
Kahlil Gibran
“Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world”
Charles Hodge
“Insist upon yourself. Be original.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.”
Buddha
“On a sofa upholstered in panther skinMona did researches in original sin.”
William Plomer
“All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.”
Cesare Pavese
“By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”