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Richard Whately

Richard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, academic and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognise the talents of Jane Austen.

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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.

Assuming, Demeanor, Overrated, Pass, Underrated, Worth

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

Destroyed, Pleasure, Pleasures, Wish, Wishes, Would Be

Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.

Advantage, Celibacy, Spiritual, Supposing

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

Driven, Easily, Like, Men, Sheep

Ethical maxims are bandied about as a sort of current coin of discourse, and, being never melted down for use, those that are of base metal are never detected.

Coin, Coins, Discourse, Ethical, Use

Man is naturally more desirous of a quiet and approving, than of a vigilant and tender conscience--more desirous of security than of safety.

Men, Quiet, Safety, Tender, Vigilant

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

Everyone, Sides, Truth, Wish, Wishes

Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists’ shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription.

Formulas, Made, Medical, Prescription, Shops, Use

No one complains of the rules of Grammar as fettering Language; because it is understood that correct use is not founded on Grammar, but Grammar on correct use. A just system of Logic or of Rhetoric is analogous, in this respect, to Grammar.

Complaining, Language, Logic, Understood, Use

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.

Afford, Expenses, Extravagance, Man, Men, Suitable

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

Expected, Folly, May, Men, Reasonably

Trust, therefore, for the overcoming of a difficulty, not to long-continued study after you have once become bewildered, but to repeated trials at intervals.

Difficulty, Long, Overcoming, Repeated, Trials

It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is unobstructive: without the latter it is deceptive.

Deceptive, Inspirational, Past, Perception, Quality, Unobstructive

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

Conviction, Employed, Three, Understanding, Word

Better too much form than too little.

Littles, Manners, Too Much

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

Bends, Reeds, Tempest, Woman, Women

Vices and frailties correct each other, like acids and alkalies. If each vicious man had but one vice, I do not know how the world could go on.

Alkalies, Frailties, Goes On, Men, Vices, World

Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.

Could Have Been, Discovery, Disproved, Persecution, Probably

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

Gambling, Desire, Profit, Implies, Breach

When a man says he wants to work, what he means is that he wants wages.

Business, Mean, Men, Says, Wages, Work

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