Maxioms Pet

X
Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  20  /  37  

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

  ( comments )
  9  /  25  

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave us read more

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave us behind
Footprints on the sands of time.

  ( comments )
  13  /  15  

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and read more

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Example Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  12  /  18  

A good example has twice the value of good advice

A good example has twice the value of good advice

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Example Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  15  

Illustrious predecessors.

Illustrious predecessors.

by Henry Fielding Found in: Example Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  19  

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set read more

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example

  ( comments )
  13  /  19  

Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when
you, though an old man, do worse read more

Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when
you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)?
[Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis,
Cum facias pejora senex?

  ( comments )
  10  /  18  

Content to follow when we lead the way.

Content to follow when we lead the way.

  ( comments )
  10  /  16  

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings;
and edicts are of less power than the read more

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings;
and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.
[Lat., Componitur orbis
Regis ad exemplum; nec sic inflectere sensus
Humanos edicta valent, quam vita regentis.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Example Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet