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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?
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
A good example has twice the value of good advice
A good example has twice the value of good advice
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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.
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.]
He was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.
He was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
