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PRACTISE what you preach
1377
Piers Plowman
B.
XIII
. 79
This goddes gloton .. Hath no pyte on vs pore. He perforneth yuel [does evil], That he precheth he preueth [demonstrates] nought.
1639
Holy War
I
. xxiii.
The Levites .. had 48 cities .. being better provided for then many English ministers, who may preach of hospitalitie to their people, but cannot go to the cost to practice their own doctrine.
1678
Seneca's Morals
II
. ii.
We must practise what we preach.
1725
Universal Passion
III
. 48
Ye doctors sage, who thro' Parnassus teach, Or quit the tub, or practise what you preach.
1854
Newcomes
I. xiv.
Take counsel by an old soldier, who fully practises what he preaches, and beseeches you to beware of the bottle.
1945
Lark Rise
iv.
Songs of a high moral tone, such as: .. practise what you preach.
1970
Deadly Pattern
iv.
He was more than scornful of drink know-alls who practised what they preached even against their own palates.
words and deeds
PRAISE the child, and you make love to the mother
1829
Advice to Young Men
IV
. clxxxi.
It is an old saying, ‘Praise the child, and you make love to the mother’; and it is surprising how far this will go.
1885
How to be Happy though Married
xix.
‘Praise the child, and you make love to the mother,’ and it is a thing that no husband ought to overlook.
children and parents

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