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That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.
Richard Whately
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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
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He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.
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Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.
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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.
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All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.
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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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Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth but either should set us upon testing ourselves.
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