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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Josh Billings
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1818 to 1885; Wikidata Q955265, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955265 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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