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Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance.
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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London
England
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Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.
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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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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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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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He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.
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Eloquence is relative. One can no more pronounce on the eloquence of any composition than the wholesomeness of a medicine, without knowing for whom it is intended.
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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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