Richard Whately

Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 It is generally true that all that is read more

Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

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.

That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which read more

That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.

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

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