To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook D 96, 1799.
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