Richard Whately

Who was Richard Whately?

Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.

Famous Quotes:

• It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
• He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
• Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
• 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?
• Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.
• Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
• Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
• In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.
• Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
• Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.