Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotomy of a decorous age.
Ralph Waldo Emerson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson The Book of Positive Quotations
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No man ever yet became great by imitation.
Samuel Johnson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
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The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment...A man should learn to detect and foster that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within far more than the luster of the whole firmament without. Yet he dismisses without notice his peculiar thought because it is peculiar. The time will come when he will postpone all acquired knowledge to this spontaneous wisdom, and will watch for this illumination more than those who watch for morning.
Ralph Waldo Emerson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
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