Quote: Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. [Richard Whately]
Quote: It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. [Richard Whately]
Quote: It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to dMen are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. [Richard Whately]
Quote: All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth. [Richard Whately]
Quote: A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. [Richard Whately]
Quote: 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. [Richard Whately]
Quote: There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light. [Richard Whately]
Quote: "Honesty is the best policy," but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. [Richard Whately]
Quote: 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. [Richard Whately]
Quote: He is only exempt from failures who makes no effort. [Richard Whately]
Quote: A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. [Richard Whately]
Quote: He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. [Richard Whately]
Quote: In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us. [Richard Whately]
Quote: Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. [Richard Whately]
Quote: It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. [Richard Whately]
Quote: 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? [Richard Whately]
Quote: Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. [Richard Whately]
Quote: A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. [Richard Whately]