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    I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an
    example to deter.

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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,
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Content to follow when we lead the way.

Content to follow when we lead the way.

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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.

by Richard Milhous Nixon Found in: Example Quotes,
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Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?

Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?

by Robert Burton Found in: Example Quotes,
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Illustrious predecessors.

Illustrious predecessors.

by Henry Fielding Found in: Example Quotes,
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Men think they may justly do that for which they have a
precedent.
[Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id read more

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a
precedent.
[Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure fieri putant.]

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We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for read more

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from
others an example for ourselves.
[Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium
Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.]

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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.

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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.

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