“You must do nothing before him, which you would not have him imitate.”

—  John Locke , book Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Sec. 71
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Context: You must do nothing before him, which you would not have him imitate. If any thing escape you, which you would have pass as a fault in him, he will be sure to shelter himself under your example, and shelter himself so as that it will not be easy to come at him, to correct it in him the right way.

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