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Quotations It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper. Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database. Letter "I" » Imitation "He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short. [It., L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il contrario, l'imitazione del bene e sempre inferiore.]" Author: Franceso Guicciardini About: Imitation "I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. [Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]" Author: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) About: Imitation "He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. [Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari, Iule ceratis ope Daedalea Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus Nomina ponto.]" Author: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) About: Imitation "We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]" Author: Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal) About: Imitation "Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]" Author: Jean de la Fontaine About: Imitation "An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf. Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]" Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller About: Imitation "Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life." Author: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller About: Imitation "Imitation is suicide." Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson About: Imitation "Imitation is the sincerest flattery." Author: Charles Caleb Colton About: Imitation "One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it." Author: Francesco Guicciardini About: Imitation Pages: 1 2 Next » Instant Account Activation. Register Now. |