Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors kindle it at home communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us and approximate to the characters we most admire. A generous habit of thought and action carries with it an incalculable influence.
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
Those who do not want to imitate anything produce nothing.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors kindle it at home communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us and approximate to the characters we most admire. A generous habit of thought and action carries with it an incalculable influence.
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in whether he has aptitude for it or not.
It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
There is only one sort of love but there are a thousand copies.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
No man ever became wise by chance.