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Comment author: gwern 14 October 2011 01:46:37AM 10 points [-]

"Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good."

--#122 Assorted Opinions and Maxims, Friedrich Nietzsche

Comment author: lessdazed 14 October 2011 01:54:33AM * 5 points [-]

Upvotes for irony if anyone can find an earlier version of the quote from a European source.