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 | "Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate
what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. A
generous habit of thought and action carries with it an incalculable
influence." | |
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Christian Nestell Bovée
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| "Imitation is the sincerest flattery." | |
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Charles Caleb Colton
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| "Imitation is the sincerest form of television." | |
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Fred Allen
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| "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in
imitation." | |
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Herman Melville
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| "It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection
of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words." | |
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Eric Hoffer
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| "Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees
another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not." | |
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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| "No man ever became wise by chance." | |
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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| "Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original
writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is
like fire. We fetch it from our neighbor"s, kindle it at home, communicate
it to others, and it becomes the property of all." | |
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Francois Voltaire
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| "There is only one sort of love, but there are a thousand
copies." | |
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François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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| "Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." | |
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Salvador Dali
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| "To refrain from imitation is the best revenge." | |
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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