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Sheep follow sheep. - The Talmud, Talmud, Ketuboth (62) We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves. [Lat., Inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium Jubeo atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.] - Terence (Publius Terentius Afer), Adelphi (III, 3, 62) Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same. [Lat., Felix quicumque dolore alterius disces posse cavere tuo.] - Albius Tibullus, Carmina (III, 6, 43) Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. - Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens), Pudd'nhead Wilson (ch. 19) Examples hasten deeds to good effects. - Unknown, Mirror for Magistrates I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor. - Martin Van Buren I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. - Martin Van Buren, in his inaugural address He follows his father with unequal steps. [Lat., Sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis.] - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil), The Aeneid (II, 724) A true life is at once interpreter and proof of the gospel. - John Greenleaf Whittier By his life alone, Gracious and sweet, the better way was shown. - John Greenleaf Whittier Displaying page 4 of 4 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 3 [4]
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