Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

About This Quote

The ideas of great writers are often times just the same thoughts that have been said years before. What makes these writers interesting is not their originality but how they express themselves through their words. Writers are just another form of artist.

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More Quotes By Abraham Lincoln

1. Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

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2. I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

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5. Whatever you are, be a good one.

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