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Richard Whately, a renowned British economist, was born on February 1, 1787, and passed away on October 8, 1863. He is known for his contributions to political economy and moral philosophy.

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Famous Richard Whately Quotes

“Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.”

Ifs Has Beens Discovery Persecution Could Have Been

Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

“Men first make up their minds (and the smaller the mind the sooner made up), and then seek for the reasons; and if they chance to stumble upon a good reason, of course they do not reject it. But though they are right, they are only right by chance.”

Ifs Men Mind Firsts Made Reason Courses Chance Decision Rejects Stumble Upon

Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

“When any person of really eminent virtue becomes the object of envy, the clamor and abuse by which he is assailed is but the sign and accompaniment of his success in doing service to the public. And if he is a truly wise man, he will take no more notice of it than the moon does of the howling of the dogs. Her only answer to them is to shine on.”

Ifs Men Persons Doe Answers Virtue Wise Dog Objects Moon Abuse Shining Envy Clamor Shine On

Book:Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately

Source: Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately

“Women never reason, or, if they do, they either draw correct inferences from wrong premises, or wrong inferences from correct premises; and they always poke the fire from the top.”

Ifs Reason Fire Draws Premises Poke Inference

Author:Richard Whately

“Sophistry, like poison, is at once detected and nauseated, when presented to us in a concentrated form; but a fallacy which, when stated barely in a few sentences, would not deceive a child, may deceive half the world, if diluted in a quarto volume.”

Ifs World May Children Form Half Sentences Poison Deceiving Volume Fallacy Sophistry

Book:Logic

Source: Logic

“Vices and frailties correct each other, like acids and alkalies. If each vicious man had but one vice, I do not know how the world could go on.”

Ifs Knows Men World Know How Goes On Vices Vicious Acid Frailty

Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

“If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.”

Ifs Would Be Wish Pleasure Destroyed

Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

“A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.”

Ifs Men Mind Change Never Change

Author:Richard Whately