“Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.”
As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 469
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