English - Writer | February 1, 1787 - October 8, 1863
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
Richard Whately
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Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
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He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
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Happiness is no laughing matter.
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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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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
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It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
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Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
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It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.
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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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The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
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As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'
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