Imitation is the sincerest [forme] of flattery
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)
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Imitation is the sincerest [forme] of flattery
The added forme is highly metaphysical. The implied meaning that I am insinuating almost 200 years after Charles Caleb Colton's death is partially Plutonic more-or-less Aristotelian (o sepi to poli).