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When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.
Abraham Lincoln Temperance Address · 1842

Quotes

“The only rational way of educating is to be an example—if one can’t help it, a warning example.”

Albert Einstein · Ideas and Opinions , 1954 · Primary source

“A good example is the best sermon.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Fools multiply folly.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Power, 1860 · Primary source

“Gibraltar may be strong, but ideas are impregnable, and bestow on the hero their invincibility.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Civilization, 1870 · Primary source

“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”

Amelia Earhart · No reliable source

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