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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.
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship
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.
Imitation is the most serious form of flattery
Imitation is the most serious form of 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.]
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
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.]
