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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.
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
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.
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.
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?
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set read more
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example
