Best Richard Whately Quotes
- 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… Birth
- To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Curiosity
- That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose. Afford
- A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions. Delusion
- All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support. All
- Party spirit enlists a man's virtues in the cause of his vices. Cause
- The tendency of party spirit has ever been to disguise and propagate and support error. Been
- Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved. Been
- Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong. Cruel
- A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. Called
- It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. Makes Rebuilding
- Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. All
- A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. Better
- 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… All
- Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument. Argue
- He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. Aware
- Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. Everyone
- Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light. Best
- All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth. All
- Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. Always Gets
- Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. Preach
- In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us. Close