If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.

Nachahmung ist die aufrichtigste Form der Schmeichelei.

Who, to patch up his fame--or fill his purse-- Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.