There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.
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G.k. Chesterton
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
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Anonymous
Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.
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Ngaio Marsh
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.
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T.S. Eliot
Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
More Quotes By Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.
Patience is a most necessary quality for business many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.
