Quotes of Richard Whately - somelinesforyou

“ 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

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ 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

“ It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. ”

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ”

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ 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

“ 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

“ As there are dimmed-sighted persons who live in a sort of perpetual twilight, so there are some who, having neither much clearness of head, nor a very elevated tone of morality, are perpetually haunted by suspicion. ”

- Richard Whately

“ As there are dimmed-sighted persons who live in a sort of perpetual twilight, so there are some who, having neither much clearness of head, nor a very elevated tone of morality, are perpetually haunted by suspicion. ”

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. ”

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. ”

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. ”

- Richard Whately

“ Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. ”

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

“ Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ”

- Richard Whately

“ He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. ”

- Richard Whately

“ 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
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