Author: Richard Whately

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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.

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

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

- 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

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

- Richard Whately

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

- 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

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

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

- 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

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