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.]

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 was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.

He was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.

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.

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.

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.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.