It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation.
The most original writers borrowed one from another. Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous. If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors. History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.