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Immanuel Kant Quotes: Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale.
         

Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale.


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This page presents the quote "Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale.". Author of this quote is Immanuel Kant. This quote is about mimicry, men, imitation, song,.