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

— Richard Whately

#curiosity #memory #much #parent

Happiness is no laughing matter. ↗

— Richard Whately

#laughing #matter

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

— Richard Whately

#exempt #failures #makes #only #who

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

#close #human #judgment #law #most

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. ↗

— Richard Whately

#expected #folly #may #men #reasonably

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

#blessing #generally #god #make #men

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

— Richard Whately

#driven #easily #flock #like #more

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

#as far as #birth #concerned #far #give

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

— Richard Whately

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