As I enjoy the old Oak Tree in the memory of wonder to the dawn of Ages it's Wares,
in the midst of treasure on the Tale of a treasure the lock of Understandings great invitation,
a chest of Bones to he flesh & blood Character in that is the beautiful Scent of loud,
an acoustic Record in written birth with a Hand-held certificate recognizing Quotes,
there in the Artistic Tribe of paintings Sculptures with marble of granite Cast,
museums that Carriage the Fountains of showering A flower with the daisy attach in a Stem,
vases with Potters glazed by the sun in Kilns that have layered the Extra from done,
vermouth to be shopped in the Glasses at bright a Nose piece as decor for the Head on the Score,
music in Sheets true notes to be floor riding the Cycles of at limits yet door,
simple with Compliance to each an adore the Horse with a saddle to explain the place Chore,
furthermore standing with Great Reminders to spot on the backs of the Packers to a niche per came.
Trail the Stardust with Planets in shade a Circle with curves that Credit a kind,
type to the depth in a Full-Photo lore,
style to stair with an Oblong in spare,
dark is the Knight with no exclaim as Pride,
to search for the Plan before the roller has grand,
Swans that birth grey to the Feather in more,
grow as the light shines Shoulder to store,
walking with Know as Fantastic does Boar,
minus the sword the earn a lance,
a gunslinger Hugs with the Works from a Colt,
bulletins speak of the Three fold a Jump.
Event of the World is the classic in burl of the Show to the shank on the Halt of the Tank,
sing a little song with the Arms of the land tred softly while wait is the patience in jake,
muscle the dance with Square in the bowl a reach of read Car pets the Tires of said,
cart to the Harness the audience Scene trouble is on the jaw of punts lid,
life is a game with a Ball in the Club forge the appeal as a Subject of Jug,
to quick on the heel of a treaty gone Real a chill for the breath as the air is a Bloom,
production on Keeper is the rise of a crane to flight of the Albatross rifling reins,
gallop on Rails as the soak resonates to touch on the Handle of gears that chant Fate,
in ringing Infinity do the big Shake powder is really the rouge of mid-rake,
rewind in the Stamp with a Memory date for the register signed yanks it a bind.
Three Ring Binder
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
Meaning
Literal meaning.
Origin
This proverbial expression dates from the early 19th century, although versions of it that paraphrased the same thought existed well before then.
The first of these alternate versions is found in a biography of Marcus Aurelius by Jeremy Collier and André Dacier, titled Emperor Marcus Antoninus his conversation with himself, 1708:
You should consider that Imitation is the most acceptable part of Worship, and that the Gods had much rather Mankind should Resemble, than Flatter them.
A nearer stab at the current version comes in a piece by the English writer Eustace Budgell in the newspaper The Spectator No. 605, October 1714:
Imitation is a kind of artless Flattery.
The full monty as far as this proverb is concerned was given by Charles Caleb Colton, in Lacon: or, Many things in few words, 1820:
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Colton was expressing the same idea as Budgell, in that, to imitate is to flatter without necessarily being aware one is flattering. As such, that 'artless' appreciation has to be 'sincere'.
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