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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Man is an idiot. He doesnt know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even have been that man invented generation by coitus after seeing the grasshopper copulate. – Augusto Roa Bastos

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson

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Whatever is well said by another, is mine. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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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. – James Fenton

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