Richard Whately Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the english writer Richard Whately on topics like truth, children, fortune

  • Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

    — Richard Whately on loss
    7
  • Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

    — Richard Whately on communication
    6
  • Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

    — Richard Whately on truth
    5
  • A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.

    — Richard Whately on habits
    5
  • It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

    — Richard Whately on neglect
    5
  • He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

    — Richard Whately on failure
    2
  • Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

    — Richard Whately on curiosity
    2
  • Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

    — Richard Whately on argument
    1
  • Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

    — Richard Whately on honesty
    1
  • In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.

    — Richard Whately on judging
    0
  • Weak arguments are often thrust before my path;

    but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.

    — Richard Whately on argument
    0
  • 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 the inquiry, What is truth?

    — Richard Whately on truth
    0
  • About Richard Whately

    Name Richard Whately
    Quotes 18 quotations
    Nationality English
    Profession Writer
    Birthday October 16
    Top topics truth, children, fortune, giving, habits
  • A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

    — Richard Whately on called
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  • A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

    — Richard Whately on children
    0
  • There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

    — Richard Whately on error
    0
  • All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

    — Richard Whately on side
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  • To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;

    the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

    — Richard Whately on manners
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  • Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

    — Richard Whately on men
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