Richard Whately Quotes

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

  Richard Whately

  Passion, Air, Words Of Wisdom

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

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  Memories, Parent, Curiosity

  Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.491

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• He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

  Richard Whately

  Argument, Conviction, Discussion

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.41

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

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  Good Morning, Good Day, Up Early

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• It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

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  Truth, Wish, Sides

  Richard Whately (1854). “Essays (second Series) on Some of the Difficulties in the Writings of the Apostle Paul: And in Other Parts of the New Testament”, p.18

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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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  Selfish, Helping Others, Men

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

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  Men, Influence, Manners

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

  Richard Whately

  Food, Tables, Dinner

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• The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind.

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  Gratitude, Appreciate, Mind

  Richard Whately (1856). “Selections from the Writings of Dr. Whately”, p.43

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• To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

  Richard Whately

  Science, Curiosity, Ploughing

  Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.491

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

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  Wise, Wisdom, Rebuilding

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.71

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

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  Men, Sheep, Driven

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.251

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• He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

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  Failure, Effort

  Richard Whately (1839). “Essays on Some of the Dangers to Christian Faith”, p.335

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• An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.

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  Independent, Agents, Action

  Richard Whately (1861). “Miscellaneous Lectures and Reviews”, p.74

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• A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.

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  Change, Men, Mind

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• As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith before good works.

  Richard Whately

  Faith, Flower, Fruit

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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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  Children, Men, Giving

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

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  Law, Optics, Judgment

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• As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.

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  Bible, Sight, Use

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.49

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• He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.

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  Education, Ignorance, Intelligence

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.164

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• It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

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  Regret, Years, Snow

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• When any person of really eminent virtue becomes the object of envy, the clamor and abuse by which he is assailed is but the sign and accompaniment of his success in doing service to the public. And if he is a truly wise man, he will take no more notice of it than the moon does of the howling of the dogs. Her only answer to them is to shine on.

  Richard Whately

  Wise, Dog, Moon

  Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.99

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• If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

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  Wish, Would Be, Pleasure

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.297

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• Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong.

  Richard Whately

  Persecution

  Richard Whately (1856). “Essays [third Series] on the Errors of Romanism Having Their Origin in Human Nature”, p.144

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• Good manners are a part of good morals.

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  Good Man, Moral, Manners

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.244

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