Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good
example.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good
example.

He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.

He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.

If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of read more

If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

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.

Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.

Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others;
it is the only means.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others;
it is the only means.

Sheep follow sheep.

Sheep follow sheep.

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.]