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Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.
Richard Whately
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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
Economist
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The heathen mythology not only was not true, but was not even supported as true it not only deserved no faith, but it demanded none. The very pretension to truth, the very demand of faith, were characteristic distinctions of Christianity.
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As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.
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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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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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A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions.
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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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Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
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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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Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.
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If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.
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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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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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