What counts is the cultural level

What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

It doesn't matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.

As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There's nothing in it.

Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett')

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.