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Imitation is the sincerest flattery
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.
[Lat., Dociles imitandis
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We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.
[Lat., Dociles imitandis
Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and read more
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.]
An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the
herd.
[Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.
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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.]
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
