lessons

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Don’t lecture the reader on your virtues or lessons learned.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Growing up in south Florida, André started taking piano lessons when he was 5, and played tuba in middle school and cello in high school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

But the lessons of Thucydides don’t point to inevitable rise or decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Here are some of the main lessons from this series of votes:

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

I’m pretty sure that means “be nice,” but I also stopped paying attention to his French lessons about five years ago.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller