Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Richard Whately Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 1st February, 1787 |
| Death: | 8th October, 1863 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Economist, Logician, Theologian |
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Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
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