“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
“In literature imitations do not imitate”
Mark Twain
“I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.”
Mae West
“Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate”
William Arthur Ward
“Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.”
Mahatma Gandhi
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