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«Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.»
Author: Louis D. Brandeis
| About:
Anarchy,
Government,
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
anarchy, breeds, contempt, invites, lawbreaker, lawbreakers, teaches
«No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.»
«The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.»
Author: Tom Bodett
| About:
Education,
Experience,
Life,
School
| Keywords:
After life, and then, between, come to life, difference, Get A Life, given, givens, given any, give out, lesson, life, My school, school, schooled, schooling, taught, teaches, test, that, then, This Is Your Life
«One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune»
Author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky
(Essayist, Historian)
| About:
Character,
Experience,
Success
| Keywords:
character, depends, either, fortune, intellect, lessons, on the whole, teaches, The Fortunes
«Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.»
Author: E. M. Forster
(Essayist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
feeding, in the long run, long run, shape, spoon, teaches, The Long, The Long Run
«The burned hand teaches best.»
«That church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves;»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| Keywords:
church, Church A, Church of the, miserable, my church, teaches
«The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| About:
Art,
War
| Keywords:
Art of War, attacking, coming, in all likelihood, likelihood, position, readiness, receive, rely, teaches, The Art of War, The Enemy, unassailable
«Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bear, equanimity, misfortunes, philosophy, teaches
«The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
| Keywords:
basic, basic principle, effective, enduring, ethic, foundation, integrate, integrates, teaches, The Foundation
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