Expected Quote by Richard Whately Download Open image “It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.” — Richard Whately ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Expected Folly May Men
Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Men have a trick of coming up to what is expected of them, good or bad. — Jacob August Riis Copy Share Image
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Expecting your man to do something out of this world is sometimes a root cause of problems. — Mazher Copy Share Image
Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing. — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. — John Locke Copy Share Image
And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. — Thucydides 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
I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than the expected return. — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service must reduce its stamp prices. The change in stamp prices is expected to affect… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
True love does not consist in trying to correct others, but in feeling joy that things are better than we expected. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We were always expected to see Quebec's side of things, but there was damned little reciprocity. — Judy LaMarsh Copy Share Image
