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It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
Richard Whately
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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
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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.
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It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.
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Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a great good to a less.
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It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are not unfrequently as much underrated by some as overrated by others.
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The tendency of party spirit has ever been to disguise and propagate and support error.
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Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
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In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.
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He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.
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It is also important to guard against mistaking for good-nature what is properly good-humor,--a cheerful flow of spirits and easy temper not readily annoyed, which is compatible with great selfishness.
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Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
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It is quite possible, and not uncommon, to read most laboriously, even so as to get by heart the words of a book, without really studying it at all,--that is, without employing the thoughts on the subject.
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It is a remarkable circumstance in reference to cunning persons that they are often deficient not only in comprehensive, far-sighted wisdom, but even in prudent, cautious circumspection.
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As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith before good works.
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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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There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true.
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If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.
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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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A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions.
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Christianity, contrasted with the Jewish system of emblems, is truth in the sense of reality, as substance is opposed to shadows, and, contrasted with heathen mythology, is truth as opposed to falsehood.
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