“No one complains of the rules of Grammar as fettering Language; because it is understood that correct use is not founded on Grammar, but Grammar on correct use. A just system of Logic or of Rhetoric is analogous, in this respect, to Grammar.”
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
“One swallow maketh not summer.”
“So precious life is! Even to the old, the hours are as a miser's coins!”
“The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.”
“O harp of life, so speedily unstrung!”