Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.
-- Argument |
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
-- Argument |
Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.
-- Communication |
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
-- Curiosity |
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He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
-- Failure |
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.
-- Habit |
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
-- Honesty |
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.
-- Judgment And Judges |
Richard Whately
1787-1863, British Prelate, Writer
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