The crime of a bad example is the same whether men follow it or not, because he that gives bad example to others, does what in him lies to draw them into sin; and if they do not follow it, that is no mitigation of his fault.


The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson Containing Two Hundred Sermons and Discourses, on Several Occasions... (ed. 1717)

John Tillotson Quotes

The crime of a bad example is the same whether men follow it or not, because he that gives bad example to others, does what in him lies to draw them...

The crime of a bad example is the same whether men follow it or not, because he that gives bad example to others, does what in him lies to draw them...

The crime of a bad example is the same whether men follow it or not, because he that gives bad example to others, does what in him lies to draw them...

The crime of a bad example is the same whether men follow it or not, because he that gives bad example to others, does what in him lies to draw them...