Many a man, who has gone but a few miles from home, understands human nature better, detects motives and weighs character more sagaciously, than another who has travelled over the known world, and made a name by his reports of different countries. It is force of thought which measures intellectual, and so it is force of principle which measures moral greatness.


Self-Culture (1838)

William Ellery Channing Quotes

Many a man, who has gone but a few miles from home, understands human nature better, detects motives and weighs character more sagaciously, than...

Many a man, who has gone but a few miles from home, understands human nature better, detects motives and weighs character more sagaciously, than...

Many a man, who has gone but a few miles from home, understands human nature better, detects motives and weighs character more sagaciously, than...

Many a man, who has gone but a few miles from home, understands human nature better, detects motives and weighs character more sagaciously, than...