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- phrase There is nothing truly novel in existence. Every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.
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Latin nihil sub sole novum, from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, "there is nothing new under the sun"), from Ecclesiastes 1:9.
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