If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson (which is not at all necessary), hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

如果你必须要把自己看成是孩子的实物教材(其实根本没有必要)，那就把自己当成是孩子的一个警示吧，而并非是范例。

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If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson (which is not at all necessary), hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

如果你必须要把自己看成是孩子的实物教材(其实根本没有必要)，那就把自己当成是孩子的一个警示吧，而并非是范例。

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