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«I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured»
«It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example»
Author: Fred Hoyle | About: Example
«Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.»
«He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.»
«I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.»
«Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.»
«If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.»
«Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.»
«Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.»
«I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | About: Example | Keywords: profitable

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