Les vieillards aiment à donner de bons préceptes, pour se consoler de n'être plus en état de donner de mauvais exemples.
Maxim 93.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
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Albert Schweitzer
(1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Sometimes presented in paraphrased form, such as "Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing" https://books.google.com/books?id=5Za7o6teOHoC&pg=PR18&dq=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22+schweitzer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFh4m9vqvMAhUG02MKHRqZDtsQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=%22example%20is%20not%20the%20main%20thing%22%20&f=false.
God's Own Man (1952)
“It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.”
The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1889), p. 5
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan
Ernest Hemingway
(1899–1961) American author and journalist
Source: The Dangerous Summer (1985), Ch. 1
“A good example is more irritating than a bad one.”
John McAfee
(1945) American computer programmer and businessman
From a presentation in Munich, Jan 1991, in response to an audience question on why his competitors complained about his business practices.
“What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example, advice.”
Sri Chinmoy
(1931–2007) Indian writer and guru
May 11
Meditations: Food For The Soul (1970)
“He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.”
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg", ch. I, in The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays (1900)
Source: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, 1994, p. 199