Richard Whately

Writer

1787-02-01

Books by Richard Whately

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
Read quote
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Read quote
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
Read quote
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
Read quote
One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business.
Read quote
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
Read quote
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
Read quote
A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
Read quote
It is one thing to wish to have truth on your side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.
Read quote