Quote#Wisdom
If I cared for influence—which means, for the most part, making…
Quote byRichard Doddridge Blackmore · 1825–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lorna Doone (1869), Ch. 62.
English (original)
If I cared for influence—which means, for the most part, making people do one's will, without knowing it—my first step toward it would be to be called, in common parlance, “slow but sure.”
— Richard Doddridge Blackmore
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