All that one can say about it is soon said.

Anything really new is written once in a thousand years, all the rest is repetition, dilution, compilation.

If everyone who writes on a subject were to read first everything which has been written on that subject, he would very soon throw his pen out of the window." "I must again differ from you," said Dorfling.

"I think it is best, that we so seldom know all that has been thought and written on a subject.

It is best that we write new books without wearying to read the millions of others.