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Richard Whately Quotes

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth Picture Quote #1

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest Picture Quote #1

There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits Picture Quote #1

Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves Picture Quote #1

It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is unobstructive: without the latter it is deceptive Picture Quote #1

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It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth (Richard Whately Quotes) Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest (Richard Whately Quotes) There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true (Richard Whately Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong (Richard Whately Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits (Richard Whately Quotes) Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves (Richard Whately Quotes) It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is unobstructive: without the latter it is deceptive (Richard Whately Quotes)

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