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Corinne, or Italy Quotes

Imitation is a double murder; for it deprives both copy and original of their primitive existence. - Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (Corinne, or Italy 1807 Book Quotes)

Imitation is a double murder; for it deprives both copy and original of their primitive existence.[L’imitation est une espèce de mort, puisqu’elle dépouille chacun de son existence naturelle.]

Source:(ed. H. W. Derby, 1861) Book VII, Chapter I, Page 112
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (Corinne, or Italy Quotes)
  • Book: Corinne, or Italy
  • Writer: Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
  • Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance
  • Published: 1807
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