If it's a new article it should say something new. You can save your reader's time and your own effort by quoting some of those words, or by citing all of them

If it's a new article it should say something new. You can save your reader's time and your own effort by quoting some of those words, or by citing all of them. That trims almost 500 superfluous words from your paper, and what's left will be better, which respects your reader.