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Richard Whately Economist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Feb 1787
  • Died: Oct 8, 1863

Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.

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

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

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