“ If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. ”
- Wilson Mizner- Copy
- 4K
“ With him most authors steal their works, or buy; Garth did not write his own Dispensary. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 2.3K
“ When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. ”
- Anatole France- Copy
- 1.5K
“ What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Steal! — to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own. ”
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan- Copy
- 45
“ We can say nothing but what hath been said... Our poets steal from Homer.... Our storydressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best. ”
- Robert Burton- Copy
- 3.2K
“ For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrower, among good authors is accounted plagiary. ”
- John Milton- Copy
- 2.9K
“ When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me. ”
- Rudyard Kipling- Copy
- 4K
“ My books need no one to accuse or judge you: the page which is yours stands up against you and says, "You are a thief. ”
- Marcus Valerius Martial- Copy
- 1.5K
“ When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. ”
- Malcolm McLaren- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism. ”
- Howard Dietz- Copy
- 322
“ When Shakespeare is charges with debts to his authors, Landor replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole; How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug, And suck'd all o'er like an industrious bug. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 3.5K
“ He liked those literary cooks Who skim the cream of others' books; And ruin half an author's graces By plucking bon-mots from their places. ”
- Hannah More- Copy
- 806
“ Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing. ”
- Nora Roberts- Copy
- 2K
“ To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 557
“ I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it. ”
- Charles Kuralt- Copy
- 3.2K
“ He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. ”
- John Dryden- Copy
- 2.6K
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