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Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand1 quote
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1802
Henry Adams1 quote
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. — Henry Adams · 1907