Richard Whately
» Argument » “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.”
» Argument » “Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.”
» Communication » “Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.”
» Curiosity » “Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.”
» Failure » “He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.”
» Habit » “A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.”
» Honesty » “Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.”
» Judgment and Judges » “In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.”
» Losers and Losing » “Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.”
» Manners » “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.””
» Men » “Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.”
» Neglect » “It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”
» 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?””
» Truth » “Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.”
