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Quote 3036
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure headShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 2814
We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myselfShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 2638
As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.Showing Quotes on example
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Quote 2420
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they doShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 2344
The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemnedShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 2152
Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchyShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 2114
None but blockheads copy each otherShowing Quotes on example
Quote 2101
The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crowShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 1993
Our ideals are our better selvesShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 1986
Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educatorsShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 1984
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in othersShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 1502
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.Showing Quotes on example
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Quote 1462
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patienceShowing Quotes on example
Quote 1435
All art is but imitation of natureShowing Quotes on example
Quote 1141
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.Showing Quotes on example
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Quote 1036
Know or listen to those who knowShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 840
Children have more need of models than of criticsShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 592
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad exampleShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 488
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.Showing Quotes on example
Quote 439
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.Showing Quotes on example
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Quote 427
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.Showing Quotes on example
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Quote 395
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of warShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 309
I have lerned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachersShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 286
Experience is the teacher of all thingsShowing Quotes on example
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Quote 223
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter peopleShowing Quotes on example
Quote 161
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy itShowing Quotes on example
Quote 155
Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influenceShowing Quotes on example
Quote 151
Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expertShowing Quotes on example
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