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imitation

«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 most bitter.»
«Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.»
«I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.»
«A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious, and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and terror, with which to accomplish its purgation of these emotions.»
«Imitation belittles»
«Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality»
«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.»
«Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.»
«Imitation is suicide»
«All art is but imitation of nature.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: imitation, imitations