Authorship quotes
29 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Whatever hath been written shall remain, Nor be erased nor written o'er again; The unwritten only still belongs to thee: Take heed, and ponder well what that shall be."
"The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition."
"If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with"
"Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism."
"The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship."
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"Who left nothing of authorship untouched, and touched nothing which he did not adorn. [Lat., Qui nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit; nullum quod tetigit non ornavit.]"
"Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that he is glad to know, and what omissions he most laments."
"And hold up to the sun my little taper."
