Sublime

“Don’t hire a dog, then bark yourself.”—David Ogilvy

Aristotle says that good lawgivers have shown more concern for friendship than for justice.

Among the living, though, let’s not choose those who spout a great onrush of words, spinning out all the clichés and talking for the crowd even when they are at home. Instead, let’s call in those who teach by their manner of living. After saying what one ought to do, they prove it by doing so themselves; when they say one ought to avoid something,

Voilà le premier devoir de la sagesse et son plus sûr indice : la concordance du langage avec la conduite, et que l'homme soit partout égal et semblable à lui-même.