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  1. do as I say and not as I do love

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  1. v. as imperative Don't imitate my behavior but obey my instructions.

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  1. This order first appeared in John Selden's Table-Talk (c. 1654): "Preachers say, 'Do as I say, not as I do.'" (Wiktionary)

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  1. say
  1. shall
  1. diaporesis
  1. wing
  1. all
  1. projection
  1. do
  1. drive
  1. paraleipsis

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