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He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.

We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Imitation is suicide.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.