It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly.


A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (ed. 1764)

Edmund Burke Quotes

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more...

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more...

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more...

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more...