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"Imitation cannot go above its model."
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"The worldly life has persisted due to imitation of worldly movements and by opposing them, one becomes free."
"When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now."
"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble."
"To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite."
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"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
"Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit and not give the bread of life."
"Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful. This is the reason why beauty is still escaping out of all analysis. It is not yet possessed, it cannot be handled. -It instantly deserts possession, and flies to an object in the horizon. If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it, the beauty forsakes all the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time."
"It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence whether a man be behind it or no."
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