The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Francis Bacon
Monkey See, Monkey Do
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
Albert Schweitzer
“If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.”
from His Burial Too by Catherine Aird
Subversive Heroines
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She doesn’t do the things heroines are supposed to. Which is rather Jane Austen’s point – Fanny is her subversive heroine. She is gentle and self-doubting and utterly feminine; and given the right circumstances, she would defy an army.
Susanna Clarke