"Let no one say that I have..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
Let no one say that I have said nothing new... the arrangement of the subject is new. When we play tennis, we both play with the same ball, but one of us places it better.
More by Blaise Pascal
“This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing that is not a matter of doubt and disquiet.”
“The best defense against logic is ignorance.”
“We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.”
More on Originality
“Good taste is the enemy of creativity.”
“The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.”
“Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.”