Quotes by Richard Whately

About Richard Whately:

Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

Richard Whately

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

Richard Whately

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

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Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

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He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

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Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

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Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

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In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

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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.

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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

Happiness is no laughing matter.

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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.

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A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

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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.

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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

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Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

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All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

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Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard Whately
  • DescriptionEnglish rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
  • BornFebruary 1, 1787
  • DiedOctober 8, 1863
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEconomist; Priest; Philosopher