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 Lives of great men all remind us
 We can make our lives sublime,
  And, departing, leave us read more 
 Lives of great men all remind us
 We can make our lives sublime,
  And, departing, leave us behind
   Footprints on the sands of time. 
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
 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.] 
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
Content to follow when we lead the way.
Content to follow when we lead the way.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
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.
 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.] 
 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.