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Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Richard Whately
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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
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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.
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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
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All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.
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The more secure we feel against our liability to any error to which, in fact, we are liable, the greater must be our danger of falling into it.
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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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He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.
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