Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism."
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Plagiarism
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Clint Eastwood
Actor, Director, Producer
"Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood."
Mary McCarthy
Author
"The relation between life and literature - a final antimony - is one of mutual plagiarism."
Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher, Writer
"Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service."
Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"Existing is plagiarism."
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"Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation."
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"Plagiarism saves time."
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"Is the painter a plagiarist because he sets his palette to nature?"
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"I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow."
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"Genius Borrows nobly."
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"The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals... is the plagiarism of ourselves."
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"I recover my property wherever I find it."
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"A plagiarist should be made to copy the author a hundred times."
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"Borrowed garments never keep one warm."
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