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Example (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the short road to goodness; precept is the long one.

An Example (n.) outlives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the man who set it: the memory of a noble man serves us no less than his presence.

An Example (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the short road: the way is long by precepts, short by patterns — Plato and Aristotle got more from Socrates' character than from his words.

An Example (n.) if ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠too strange drives away the very people it hoped to improve: they refuse to imitate us in anything for fear of having to imitate us in everything.

An Example (n.) beats ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠precept: the boy raised in Plato's house, seeing his father shout, said "I never saw this at Plato's house" — and no doubt imitated his father more readily than Plato.