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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat
sticks fast.
[Fr., L'exemple est un read more
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat
sticks fast.
[Fr., L'exemple est un dangereux leurre;
Ou la guepe a passe, le moucheron demeure.]
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect read more
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.
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.
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving
from the people the sacred trust read more
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving
from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious
predecessor.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no
other.
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no
other.
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.]
