For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrower, among good authors is accounted Plagiare.

For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a …

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.

I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works…

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.