Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and insensibly approximate to the characters we most admire. In this way, a generous habit of thought and of action carries with it an incalculable influence.


Volume I, p. 178; reported in Otis Henry Tiffany, Gems for the Fireside (1883), p. 809. - Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862)

Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and insensibly approximate to the characters we most admire. In...

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and insensibly approximate to the characters we most admire. In...

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and insensibly approximate to the characters we most admire. In...

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and insensibly approximate to the characters we most admire. In...