Quote#Nature
The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree…
Quote byJerome K. Jerome · 1859–1927
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dreams.
English (original)
The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as expect an original idea from a human brain. One wishes our friends, the critics, would grasp this simple truth, and leave off clamoring for the impossible, and being shocked because they do not get it.
— Jerome K. Jerome
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