It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation- Herman Melville
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing- Aesop
“The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it, because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator, something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man's.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Divinity School Address
“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.”― Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Imitation is the sincerest form of insecurity! - Polly Bergen
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness. - Michigan News
“Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself.”― J. Krishnamurti
“A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him.”― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other man –whoever tells us this, I think that we can only imagine him to be a simple creature who is likely to have been deceived by some wizard or actor whom he met, and whom he thought all-knowing, because he himself was unable to analyze the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation.”― Plato, The Republic
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