When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
I didn't invent the word 'hyphy' and I'm not trying to say I'm the king of hyphy.
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, without making acknowledgment.
Don't be afraid to borrow if someone else has said it well. Winston Churchill said, The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. That's so well said. You could stay up all night and not think of that.
I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.
Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.
When I created the email in the U.S., my mentor could have easily copyrighted it and taken credit for it.
It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain!
A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. [Fr., C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre que de le donner pour sien.]
