<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Imitation - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20577]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever yet became great by imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20578]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever yet became great by imitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insist on yourself; never imitate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insist on yourself; never imitate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis  Turpibus ac pravis omnes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20571]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis  Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis  Que les imitateurs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.  Und ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20573]]></link><description><![CDATA[An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.  Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the most serious form of flattery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the most serious form of flattery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20567]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I crank out crude imitations of what's already popular! It takes no time or thought, and most people don't care about the difference, anyway! And what good is originality if you can't crank it out?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20568]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short. [It., L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il contrario, l'imitazione del bene e sempre inferiore.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20569]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. [Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo  Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20570]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. [Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,  Iule ceratis ope Daedalea   Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus    Nomina ponto.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest form of television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest form of television.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14507</guid></item></channel></rss>