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

  Christian Nevell Bovee
  American writer
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. unconsciously
2. approximate
3. characters
4. admire

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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. by : Christian Nevell Bovee

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