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People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselve

People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. – Oliver Goldsmith

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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? – Oliver Goldsmith

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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. – Oliver Goldsmith

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It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. – Eric Hoffer

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What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others. – Confucius

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The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship. – Barbara De Angelis

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No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist. – Andre Breton

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