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Concerning the utility of Rhetoric, it is to be observed that it divides itself into two; first, whether Oratorical skill be, on the whole, a public benefit, or evil; and secondly, whether any artificial system of Rules is conducive to the attainment of that skill.

Richard Whately's Popular Quotes

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

- Richard Whately

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind.

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

- Richard Whately

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

- Richard Whately