Quote #84
Example is always more efficacious than precept.
More from Samuel Johnson
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- Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocat…
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- Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.
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