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Example Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from…
- There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of…
- To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide…
- I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only…
- Example is always more efficacious than precept.
- Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the…
- The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning…
More Example Quotes
- Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is… — Teresa of Avila
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. — Robert Baden-Powell
- Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two… — Ambrose Bierce