"Men are like sheep, of which a flock……" — Richard Whately
"Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one."
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47 Quotes by Richard Whately
Richard Whately has 47 quotes on this site.
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He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
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Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
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Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
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To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners…
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In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are…
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The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the…
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To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange…
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The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.
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Happiness is no laughing matter.
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It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of…
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Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there are boundless stores of moral…
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More Driven Quotes
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
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Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
— Saint Augustine
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a…
— Dan Aykroyd
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The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when…
— Michelle Bachelet
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
— Lord Acton
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How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers.
— Amy Adams
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I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting…
— Alec Baldwin
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A…
— J. G. Ballard
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I'm as pure as the driven slush.
— Tallulah Bankhead
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Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting…
— Andre Benjamin
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We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we,…
— Tony Blair
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