“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”
Marcus Aurelius
“Scientists seek to know the mind of god while engineers seek to imitate Him.”
Mark Grant
“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”
Marva Collins
“In literature imitations do not imitate”
Mark Twain
“There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him”
Benjamin Franklin
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”
Confucius
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde