Practise

Famous quotes containing the word practise:

    That we should practise what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practise must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.
    Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

    Go practise if you please
    With men and women: leave a child alone
    For Christ’s particular love’s sake!
    Robert Browning (1812–1889)

    Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practise deception themselves.
    Elias Canetti (b. 1905)