There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought. -Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706)
This is a pleasant thought. Too bad it isn't true. The skill to use another's thought well should not be denigrated but the originality of the author is in fact an additional skill.
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