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Richard Whately Quotes: Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.
         

Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.


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To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.



A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.



Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.



It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.



Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.



To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.



Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.



Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.



To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.



All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.





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The person who knows how to adjust to others, he will not have any suffering. ‘Adjust everywhere’.

The person who knows how to adjust to others, he will not have any suffering. ‘Adjust everywhere’.



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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.



I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.



His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.



Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.

Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.



Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.

Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.



There is no sin worse in life than being boring and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do.

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When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.

When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.




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