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Richard Whately
Richard Whately
English Writer
Born: Feb 1, 1787
Died: Oct 8, 1863
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Related authors: Arthur C. Clarke D. H. Lawrence Douglas Adams Gilbert K. Chesterton John Ruskin Ricky Gervais Rudyard Kipling Thomas Paine
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. Richard Whately
Good Man Selfish Own Neglecting Neighbor Pursuing His
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
Law Judgment Our See Objects Most Around Reversed Optics Close Human Transactions Which Us
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. Richard Whately
Best Dinner Argument Hungry Dinner Table Table Argue Never Always Gets Who
Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. Richard Whately
Man Manners Given Greatest Influence Engines Ever
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. Richard Whately
Men Folly Expect Expected May Reasonably
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. Richard Whately
Memory Parent Attention Curiosity Much
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. Richard Whately
Best Man Honesty Honesty Is Honest Man He Policy Governed Maxim The Best Policy Who Honest
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
Love Truth Best People Dark Light Unless Those Give Them Full Who Kept
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. Richard Whately
You Preach Say Something Because
All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth. Richard Whately
Truth Men Wish Few Side
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
Man Think Birth About Give Concerned Occasion Him Lot As Far As Happiest Little Far Much Should
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
Truth Believe Inquiry All The Difference He Almost Almost Anything Himself Makes End Begin May Difference Anything Whether Inclined Bring

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