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“It may be worth noticing as a curious circumstance, when persons past forty before they were at all acquainted form together a very close intimacy of friendship. For grafts of old wood to take, there must be a wonderful congeniality between the trees.”

Book:The Essays ... Revised ... by Thomas Markby ... Second Edition

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The Essays ... Revised ... by Thomas Markby ... Second Edition

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Richard Whately

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. more

“Grace is in a great measure a natural gift; elegance implies cultivation; or something of more artificial character. A rustic, uneducated girl may be graceful, but an elegant woman must be accomplished and well trained. It is the same with things as with persons; we talk of a graceful tree, but of an elegant house or other building. Animals may be graceful, but they cannot be elegant. The movements of a kitten or a young fawn are full of grace; but to call them "elegant" animals would be absurd.”

Source: A Selection of English Synonyms

“Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any.”

May Character Care Habit Conscious Strokes Employed Vigilant Great Change

Book:Bacon's Essays

Source: Bacon's Essays

“Better too much form than too little.”

Littles Form Too Much Manners

Book:Bacon's Essays

Source: Bacon's Essays

“Good manners are a part of good morals.”

Moral Manners Good Man Good Manners Good Moral

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

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

“Man, considered not merely as an organized being, but as a rational agent and a member of society, is perhaps the most wonderfully contrived, and to us the most interesting specimen of Divine wisdom that we have any knowledge of.”

Men Interesting Divine Members Rational Agents Organized Most Interesting Divine Wisdom

Book:Introductory lectures on political-economy, delivered at Oxford, in Easter term MDCCCXXXI. With remarks on tithes and on poor-laws and on penal colonies

Source: Introductory lectures on political-economy, delivered at Oxford, in Easter term MDCCCXXXI. With remarks on tithes and on poor-laws and on penal colonies

“We may print, but not stereotype, our opinions.”

May Opinion Print Stereotype

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.”

Knows Men Want Giving Self Reason Faces He Man Fairs Glasses

Author:Richard Whately

“Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.”

Safe Suspects Self-examination

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

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

“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.”