Of Rhetoric various definitions have been given by different writers; who, however, seem not so much to have disagreed in their conceptions of the nature of the same thing, as to have had different things in view while they employed the same term. Richard Whately More Quotes by Richard Whately More Quotes From Richard Whately It is folly to shiver over last year's snow. Richard Whately regret snow years It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men have dived for them because they fetch a high price. Richard Whately fetch pearls men As an exercise of the reasoning faculties, pure mathematics is an admirable exercise, because it consists of reasoning alone and does not encumber the student with any exercise of judgment. Richard Whately students doe exercise An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. Richard Whately agents independent action We may print, but not stereotype, our opinions. Richard Whately stereotype opinion may 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. Richard Whately girl animal character When men have become heartily wearied of licentious anarchy, their eagerness has been proportionately great to embrace the opposite extreme of rigorous despotism. Richard Whately anarchy opposites men Great affectation and great absence of it are at first sight very similar. Richard Whately absence sight firsts It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth. Richard Whately truth wish sides One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business. Richard Whately ignorance wise men Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists’ shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription. Richard Whately medical use made When a man says he wants to work, what he means is that he wants wages. Richard Whately business men mean Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter. Richard Whately suffering law men It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is unobstructive: without the latter it is deceptive. Richard Whately perception inspirational past The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind. Richard Whately gratitude appreciate mind A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change. Richard Whately change mind men Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves. Richard Whately taken truth should Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. Richard Whately driven sheep men It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. Richard Whately folly may men The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it. Richard Whately giving men thinking
