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Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
This noble ensample to his sheepe he gaf,--
That firste he wroughte and after he taughte.
This noble ensample to his sheepe he gaf,--
That firste he wroughte and after he taughte.
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.
He follows his father with unequal steps.
[Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.]
He follows his father with unequal steps.
[Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.]
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
A good example has twice the value of good advice
A good example has twice the value of good advice
I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an
example to deter.
I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an
example to deter.
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
