“Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the extraordinary events and omit just what we want,--the every-day life of each particular time and country.” WantGivingCountryCommonHistoryRocksEventsParticularExtraordinaryComplainingCuriousHistorianDay LifeGeologist Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley
“Do you want to know the man against whom you have most reason to guard yourself? Your looking-glass will give you a very fair likeness of his face.” KnowsMenWantGivingSelfReasonFacesHe ManFairsGlasses Author:Richard Whately
“A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.” MenGivingChildrenIndustryHabitFortune Author: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.” PeopleLoveGivingLightDarkCommunication Author:Richard Whately
“The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.” ThinkingMenGivingShouldLittlesBirthConcernedOccasions Book:Bacon's Essays Source: Bacon's Essays
