A Bad Example
Did you ever see a river that was as straight as an arrow? Most likely not. Streams generally wind back and forth from the time they gush out of a lake until they find repose in the bosom of the deep. And why is it the river is never straight? Let a master epigram answer, and at the same time drive home a wholesome truth. “A river becomes crooked by following the course of least resistance. So does man.”
Via The Huntingdon Reminder