Richard Whately
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"Richard Whately" was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Anglican/Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.

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

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Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

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Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. -Richard Whately
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All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

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

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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune. -Richard Whately
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He is only exempt from failures who makes no effort.

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

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