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Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
 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.] 
 Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
 [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon read more 
 Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
 [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis
  Que les imitateurs.] 
 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. 
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
 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.] 
 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.]