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is a literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.

plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.

is a ridiculous charge. The poet is free to help himself wherever he finds material suited to his work. He may even appropriate entire columns with their carved capitals, if the temple he thus supports be a beautiful one.

Nothing is sillier than this charge of plagiarism. There is no sixth commandment in art. The poet dare help himself wherever he list, wherever he finds material suited to his work. He may even appropriate entire columns with their carved capitals, if the temple he thus supports be a beautiful one. Goethe understood this very well, and so did Shakespeare before him. Heinrich Heine

is an art in itself when it amounts to good swiping

is always overblown as a concern. You should never worry about someone stealing your ideas. If they are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. (Howard Aiken)

is a mark of maturity. While immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate... mature poets steal.

is fortuitous. When a thing has been said and well, one ought to have no scruple, and rather to take it and copy it.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. Anatole France

is today unable to be approached on the level of concept. It is approached via a narcissism of small differences which enforces originality on the level of the sentence.

The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sentence.

is most difficult to avoid when it is the plagiarism of ourselves.

The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals... is the plagiarism of ourselves.

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