to ape
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don't know any better and want to ape the success.
The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.
But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.