There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done their own way, tho' other ways very desirable.


The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (ed. 1909)


There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done...

There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done...

There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done...

There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done...