"It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do."

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself."

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

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"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."

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"Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light."

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

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"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

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

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental."

"In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad."

"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

Explore more quotes by Richard Whately

"To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself."

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

"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."

"Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light."

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

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

"There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil."

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

"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

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