To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him.
He that readeth good writers and pickes out their flowres for his own nose, is lyke a foole.
Intentionally using the quotes of others without author attribution is plagiarism and contributes to illiteracy.
Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.