To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
OW Oscar WildePlaywright & poet · 1854–1900Wat dit citaat betekent
Authenticity is your one unrepeatable advantage. Trying to be someone else wastes the only thing that only you can offer.
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Irish playwright and poet famous for epigrams that pair sharp wit with surprising tenderness.
This line is among the quotes by Oscar Wilde that readers return to on wijsheid — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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