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Imitation |
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Quotations
 | The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 11 likes |
 | Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery; it's the sincerest form of learning. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 9 likes |
 | It is easier to steal the club of Hercules than a line from Homer. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 9 likes |
 | Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 8 likes |
 | When in Rome, do as the Romans do. — St. Ambrose, 340-397, Bishop of Milan, Church Father 7 likes |
 | When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 7 likes |
 | Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 5 likes |
 | Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 5 likes |
| It is easier to steal the club of Hercules than a line from Homer. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 3 likes |
 | Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 3 likes |
 | To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 2 likes |
 | Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
| No man was ever great by imitation. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 2 likes |
 | Russians imitate French ways, but always from a distance of fifty years. — Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer 2 likes |
 | Dostoevski’s “The Double” is his best work though an obvious and shameless imitation of Gogol's “Nose.” — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 2 likes |
 | Conformism and non-conformism are symmetrical expressions of a lack of originality. |
 | Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | The most ridiculous thing for a woman is to be a man. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
 | Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. |
 | It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him. |
Quotes in Verse
 | There is no immaculate conception in art. — Giorgos Seferis, 1900-1971, Greek poet, Nobel 1963 6 likes |
