When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator …

Samuel Johnson
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When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few are formed with abilities to discover new possibilities of excellence, and to distinguish themselves by means never tried before. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.23
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