4 quotes
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first by reflection, which is noblest; second by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
— Confucius
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
— Herman Melville
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders but they have never failed to imitate them.”
— James Baldwin
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
— Voltaire
