What did Richard Whately mean by: Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong. - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland Copy
+ He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. Feraz Zeid, October 16, 2023December 26, 2023, Richard Whately, Effort, Failure, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Conviction, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Pleasure, Wish, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Curiosity, Science, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ Some men’s reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Distance, Wheat, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Safe, Suspects, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Driven, Sheep, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
+ The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Whately, Rhetoric, Style, 0 - Richard Whately Philosopher and theologian · Ireland
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits. - Friedrich Schiller Playwright · Germany
I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour. - Sacha Baron Cohen
Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems. - John Stott Theologian and Anglican minister · United Kingdom
