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

Richard Whately
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Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
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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 (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the … ▶
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly. ✨ Richard Whately, Willi … ▶
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
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 (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegm … ▶

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