An idea from The Book of the Courtier

Copying one master whole is a trap, because people often copy the very flaw. Take the best part of each person you admire, the way a bee takes from many flowers. One man who admired a king copied only a habit the king had from an illness.

From The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione

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