Richard Whately was an English logician and theological writer who also served as Anglican Archbishop of Dublin.
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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”
Richard Whately
“Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument”
“Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man”
“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”
“Happiness is no laughing matter”
“Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.”
“A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's”
“A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.”
“Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.”
“Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.”