Imitation Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Imitation


L’imitazione del male supera sempre l’esempio; comme per il contrario, l’imitazione del bene è sempre inferiore. 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. Guicciardini—Storia d’ Italia.	1
Respicere exemplar vitæ morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces. 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. Horace—Are Poetica. CCCXVII.	2
Pindarum quisquis studet æmulari, Iule ceratis ope Dædalea Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus Nomina ponto. 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. Horace—Carmina. IV. 2. 1.	3
Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus. We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. Juvenal—Satires. XIV. 40.	4
C’est un bétail servile et sot à mon avis Que les imitateurs. Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. La Fontaine—Clymène. V. 54.	5
Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschöpf. Und wer der Vorderste ist, führt die Heerde. An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. Schiller—Wallenstein’s Tod. III. 4. 9.	6