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Inspirational Quotes by Richard Whately
- He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
- Happiness is no laughing matter.
- It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.
- It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they…
- A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.
- It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of…
- 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.
- Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.
- Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong.
- He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.
- Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
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- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
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- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento