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    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.]

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art read more

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes read more

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.

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No man ever yet became great by imitation.

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

by Dr Samuel Johnson Found in: Imitation Quotes,
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We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.
[Lat., Dociles imitandis
Turpibus ac read more

We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.
[Lat., Dociles imitandis
Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]

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Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

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Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

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Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Imitation Quotes,
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Imitation is the most serious form of flattery

Imitation is the most serious form of flattery

by Proverb Found in: Imitation Quotes,
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He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that
is set; on the contrary, he who read more

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.]

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