Example is the best precept.
Aesop (620?-560? BC) Legendary Greek storyteller
Fables [Aesopica], “The Two Crabs” (6th C BC) [tr. Jacobs (1894)]
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Alternate translation: "Example is better than precept." [tr.
James (1848), "The Crab and Her Mother"]
Townsend (1887), "The Crab and Its Mother"]
Added on 19-Jan-10 | Last updated 25-Oct-21
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