We are what we are; we gain nothing by copying others.
Imitation Quotes
Don’t expect anything original from an echo.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the sound.
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Oh imitators, you slavish herd.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
We are, in truth, more than half of what we are by imitation.
Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitativeness.
Do not think of your faults, still less of others’ faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.
