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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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My works are an imitation of my own past and present.
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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
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It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more efficiently, but more pleasantly. This forms our manners, our opinions, our lives.
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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