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“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.”
 
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C. S. Lewis
 
Nationality:   British
 
Date of Birth:   Nov 29, 1898
 
Date of Death:   Nov 22,  1963
 
Profession:   Author
 
 
 
 
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