# Quote — Daniel Keyes, Flowers For Algernon

> No one really starts anything new, Mrs Nemur. Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of knowledge is what counts.

- Author: [Daniel Keyes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-keyes.md)
- Book: [Flowers For Algernon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-keyes/flowers-for-algernon.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-keyes/flowers-for-algernon/no-one-really

## More from this book

> Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.

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> The answer can't be found in books — or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you — feel the right thing to do.

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> The meaning of my total existence involves knowing the possibilities of my future as well as my past, where I'm going as well as where I've been.

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