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is dooming oneself to hopeless mediocrity, for he bereaves himself of his own beauty in order to come short of another man's.

The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man's.

is not just the sincerest form of flattery... it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery it's the sincerest form of learning. George Bernard Shaw

is not the sincerest form of flattery, it's plagiarism.

Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism. Red Skelton

is responsible for half of what we are. As such, the great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.

We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care. Lord chesterfield

, however successful it may be in its own way, it can never be 'success'. Success is a first-hand creation.

An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation. Henry Ford

is more often in the direction of art-to-life rather than life-to-art. In other words, life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. Oscar Wilde

 one may do, but one should never counterfeit.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit. Honore de Balzac

is only good when it's poking fun at bad originals.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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