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No man ever yet became great by imitation.
Samuel Johnson, British poet, critic, lexicographer (1709-1784)
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric Hoffer, US philosopher, author, longshoreman (1902-1983)
If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many, it’s research.
Wilson Mizner, US playwright, author (1876-1933)
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people.
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788-1860)
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use?
Dale Carnegie, US lecturer, author (1888-1955)
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