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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, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
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.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
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.]
