Plagiarism Quotes

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Originality is undetected plagiarism. — William Ralph Inge
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become… — Bruce Schneier
Genius Borrows nobly. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. — John Dryden
The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals. — Lionel Trilling
The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals... is the plagiarism of ourselves. — Marcel Proust
It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing. — Kenneth Goldsmith
The kernel, the soulâ€”let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterancesâ€”is plagiarism, — Jonathan Lethem
Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism. — Pedro Almodovar
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
There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste… — Hunter S. Thompson
It seems to me that on one page I recognized a portion of an old diary of mine which mysteriously disappeared shortly after my marriage,… — Zelda Fitzgerald
Self-plagiarism is style. — Alfred Hitchcock
Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to… — Nancy Banks-Smith
Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born. — Robert K. Merton
Mr. Fitzgerald-I believe that is how he spells his name-seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home. — Zelda Fitzgerald
As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The… — Samuel Johnson
All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching. — Charles Spurgeon
You create identity, you're not given identity per se. What became more and more interesting to me wasn't the I, it was text because it's… — Kathy Acker
The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. — T.D. Jakes

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