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Richard Whately
English
Writer
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Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Judgment
#Danger
#Order
#Traditions
Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Men
#Sheep
To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Thinking
#Perfection
#Manners
Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Influence
#Man
#Manners
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Evil
#Truth
#Soul
#Error
The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Man
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Passion
Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Love
#People
#Light
#Truth
All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Men
#Truth
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Will
#Day
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Neglect
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#God
#Men
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#May
#Men
#Folly
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Policy
#Man
#Maxim
#Honesty
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
Happiness is no laughing matter.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Happiness
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Truth
#Wishes
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Attention
#Memory
#Curiosity
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#End
#May
#Truth
#Difference
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Man
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Children
#Man
#Fortune
#Giving
#Habits
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
Richard Whately,
English
Writer
#Law
#Judgment