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I remember once going to a school to plant a tree and there were four hundred kids in this school and they all had Lenny Henry beards on and they were all were better at doing me than I was. David Bellamy
Imitation lies at the root of most human actions. A respectable person is one who conforms to custom. People are called good when they do as others do. Francois-Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by others. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848
O imitators, you slavish herd. Horace, Epistles
Imitation is the best form of flattery. Early 19th century proverb
I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one’s identity is totally different. AnnaLynne McCord
No man was ever great by imitation. Samuel Johnson
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning. George Bernard Shaw
The devil, whose business is to pervert the truth, mimics the exact circumstance of the Divine Sacraments. He baptises his believers and promises forgiveness of sins ... He celebrates the oblation of bread, and brings in the symbol of resurrection. Let us therefore acknowledge the craftiness of the devil, who copied certain things of those that be Divine. Tertullian, from Prescription Against Heretics chXL
Each life makes its own imitation of immortality. Stephen King
Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life. Philip Sidney, The Defence of Poetry
Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. Oscar Wilde, Intentions, 1891