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Richard Whately

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

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Richard Whately

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?’

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Richard Whately

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.

– Richard Whately

Richard Whately

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

– Richard Whately

Richard Whately

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

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Richard Whately

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

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Richard Whately

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

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Richard Whately

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

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Richard Whately

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

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Richard Whately

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.

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Richard Whately

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

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Richard Whately

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

– Richard Whately

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