"Not in books only, nor yet in oral……" — Richard Whately
"Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there are boundless stores of moral and historic truth, and no less of passion and imagination laid up, from which lessons of infinite worth may be derived."
—
Richard Whately
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
47 Quotes by Richard Whately
Richard Whately has 47 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
-
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
-
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
-
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
-
To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners…
-
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are…
-
The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the…
-
To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange…
-
The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.
-
Happiness is no laughing matter.
-
It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of…
-
It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on…
See all 47 quotes by Richard Whately »
More Book Quotes
This quote is filed under Book Quotes,
one of 14,007 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
See all 14,007 Book Quotes »