Author: Richard Whately

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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

- Richard Whately

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

- Richard Whately

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

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

- Richard Whately

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

- Richard Whately

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

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

- Richard Whately

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

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

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

- Richard Whately

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

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

- Richard Whately

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

- Richard Whately

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