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 IMAGINATION IMITATION

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Castles in Spain. Storer—Peter the Cruel. P. 280, ascribes the origin of this phrase to the time of Don Enrique of Spain, on account of his favors being lavishly bestowed before they wereearned. Mercure Francois. (1616) Given as source by Littre. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Herbert) It is only in France that one builds castles in Spain. Mme. de Villars, when made dame d'honneur to the wife of Philip V, of Spain, grandson of Louis XIV. of France.

| seealso = (See also {{sc|Herbert) I build nought els but castles in the ayre. Thos. Watson—Poems. Arber's reprint. P. 82. See also Lyly—Mother Bombie. Act V. Sc. 3. lg | seealso = (See also {{sc|Burton}}) But thou, that did'st appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Wordsworth—Yarrow Visited. IMITATION | seealso = (See also {{sc|Flattery) L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il contrario, l'imitazione del bene 6 sempre inferiore. He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short. Guicciardini—Storia d' Italia. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 387 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Respicere exemplar vitse morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces. I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. Horace—Ars Poetica. CCCXVII. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 387 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari, Iule ceratis ope Daedalea Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus Nomina ponto. He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. Horace—Carmina. IV. 2. 1. Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus. We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. Juvenal—Satires. XIV. 40. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 387 }}