“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.”
Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) Joyce Brothers
As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 469
“Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.”
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