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Happiness is no laughing matter.
— Richard Whately
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Richard Whately
economist, philosopher, theologian, writer, logician, Anglican priest
1787 – 1863
Richard Whately was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognise the talents of Jane Austen.
All Quotes by Richard Whately
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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
— Richard Whately
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Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
— Richard Whately
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Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
— Richard Whately
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Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
— Richard Whately
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A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
— Richard Whately
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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.
— Richard Whately