Plagiarism Quotes

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Perish those who said our good things before we did.

Perish those who said our good things before we did.

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They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

Sir Richard Francis Burton

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If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal

If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.

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Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.

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Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in th

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.

Malcolm Mclaren

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Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the impr

Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.

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He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft i

He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.

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Plagiarists at least have the quality of preservation.

Plagiarists at least have the quality of preservation.

Benjamin Disraeli

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They castrate the books of other men in order that with the

They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.

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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

Lionel Trilling

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Genius Borrows nobly.

Genius Borrows nobly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiar

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.

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What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. T

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

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And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest th

And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and without any farther ceremony, remove it verbatim into your own... there are fools enough to be thus drawn into an opinion of the work; at least, such a flourishing train of attendants will give your book a fashionable air, and recommend it for sale.

Miguel de Cervantes

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The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for i

The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals... is the plagiarism of ourselves.

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Nothing is new except arrangement.

Nothing is new except arrangement.

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So much of what I am I got from you. I had no idea how much

So much of what I am I got from you. I had no idea how much of it was secondhand.

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There is much difference between imitating a man and counter

There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him.

Benjamin Franklin

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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achie

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

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