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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.]
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
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.
I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to read more
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.]
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
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.]
