You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
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.
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.
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
A good example has twice the value of good advice
A good example has twice the value of good advice
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.]
Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, read more
Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obey'd.
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.
