Richard Whately
Richard Whately
Richard Whatelywas 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 February 1787
Richard Whately quotes about
men blessing should
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.
wise wisdom rebuilding
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
thinking-about-you perfection way
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.
truth believe
There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true.
men goes-on world
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.
philosophy duty
knowledge of our duties is the most useful part of philosophy.
light air dry
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.
circles magic stories
Fancy, when once brought into religion, knows not where to stop. It is like one of those fiends in old stories which any one could raise, but which, when raised, could never be kept within the magic circle.
demand christianity distinction
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.
assuming overrated underrated
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.
mistake doubt may
Misgive that you may not mistake.
men opposites anarchy
When men have become heartily wearied of licentious anarchy, their eagerness has been proportionately great to embrace the opposite extreme of rigorous despotism.
children men giving
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.
communication dark light
Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.