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Those who relish the study of...

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Concerning the utility of Rhe...

Concerning the utility of Rhetoric, it is to be observed that it divides itself into two; first, whether Oratorical skill be, on the whole, a public benefit, or evil; and secondly, whether any artificial system of Rules is conducive to the attainment of that skill.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Man is naturally more desirou...

Man is naturally more desirous of a quiet and approving, than of a vigilant and tender conscience--more desirous of security than of safety.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Man, considered not merely as...

Man, considered not merely as an organized being, but as a rational agent and a member of society, is perhaps the most wonderfully contrived, and to us the most interesting specimen of Divine wisdom that we have any knowledge of.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Better too much form than too...

Better too much form than too little.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Geologists complain that when...

Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the extraordinary events and omit just what we want,--the every-day life of each particular time and country.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Nothing but the right can eve...

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a great good to a less.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Reason can no more influence ...

Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move from place to place, or that a ship provided with a compass can sail without a wind.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Never argue at the dinner tab...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

To teach one who has no curio...

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

As the flower is before the f...

As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith before good works.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

It is quite possible, and not...

It is quite possible, and not uncommon, to read most laboriously, even so as to get by heart the words of a book, without really studying it at all,--that is, without employing the thoughts on the subject.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

One way in which fools succee...

One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Controversy, though always an...

Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

A fanatic, either, religious ...

A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

It is a remarkable circumstan...

It is a remarkable circumstance in reference to cunning persons that they are often deficient not only in comprehensive, far-sighted wisdom, but even in prudent, cautious circumspection.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

The best security against rev...

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

The love of admiration leads ...

The love of admiration leads to fraud, much more than the love of commendation; but, on the other hand, the latter is much more likely to spoil our: good actions by the substitution of an inferior motive.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

No one complains of the rules...

No one complains of the rules of Grammar as fettering Language; because it is understood that correct use is not founded on Grammar, but Grammar on correct use. A just system of Logic or of Rhetoric is analogous, in this respect, to Grammar.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

Every instance of a man's suf...

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.

Richard Whately 148 quotes

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