32 ordspråk av Richard Whately
Richard Whately
Richard Whately föddes den February 1st 1787 och dog den 8 October 1863 - English archbishop
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 "Honesty is the best policy," but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man |
| A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's |
| A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. |
| All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth. |
| 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?'' |
| Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. |
| Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth |
| Happiness is no laughing matter |
| He is only exempt from failures who makes no effort |
| He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. |
| In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us |
| It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do |
| It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do |
| 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 |
| It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. |
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