Imitation Quotes

Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?

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Nature, who permits no two leaves to be exactly alike, has given a still greater diversity to human minds.  Imitation, then, is a double murder; for it deprives both copy and original of their primitive existence.

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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.