He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind... — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Falsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
