Best Policy Quotes by Richard Whately

It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are…

— Richard Whately

Of Rhetoric various definitions have been given by different writers; who, however, seem not so much to have disagreed in their conceptions of the…

— Richard Whately

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

— Richard Whately

Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.

— Richard Whately

Of all hostile feelings, envy is perhaps the hardest to be subdued, because hardly any one owns it even to himself, but looks out…

— Richard Whately

knowledge of our duties is the most useful part of philosophy.

— Richard Whately

Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the…

— Richard Whately

Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him…

— Richard Whately

Eloquence is relative. One can no more pronounce on the eloquence of any composition than the wholesomeness of a medicine, without knowing for whom…

— Richard Whately

Falsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived.

— Richard Whately

Happiness is no laughing matter.

— Richard Whately

Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.

— Richard Whately

Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.

— Richard Whately

Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance.

— Richard Whately

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

— Richard Whately