Even in literature and art no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will nine times out of ten become original without ever having noticed it.
C. S. LewisIt does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable.
Jane Austen