 | William Macdonald Sinclair - 1896 - 408 pages
...awful a sense of the 1 Apologia, Part III. reality of things and of the madness of selfdeception : ' Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived ? ' — such a man, even if he was somewhat despotically imposed upon our youth, may yet well challenge... | |
 | 1896 - 518 pages
...not another thing." A writer is "not to form or accommodate, but to state things as he finds them." "Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...will be; why, then, should we desire to be deceived?" "For, after all, that which is true must be admitted, though it should show us the shortness of our... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1896 - 244 pages
...admiration, a sentence which may well be taken as the key to his own intellectual position. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " " In that uncompromising sentence," so runs his comment, " is surely the right and salutary maxim... | |
 | William Caldwell - 1896 - 560 pages
..." ' Things are what they are/ says Bishop Butler in his unadorned but forcible English — ' things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' Yet men do deceive themselves every day." * Say what one will about Schopenhauer, he seems, after... | |
 | William Caldwell - 1896 - 568 pages
...' Things are what they are,' says Bishop Butler in his unadorned but forcible English — ' things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' Yet men do deceive themselves every day." 1 Say what one will about Schopenhauer, he seems, after... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer - 1896 - 388 pages
...selection, judgment, and invention, but keeps under foot fancy, imagination, and feeling. " Things are as they are, and the consequences of them will be what...will be. Why then should we desire to be deceived ? " Butler never desired to be deceived, however gloomy and awful reality might be. There was little... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1896 - 802 pages
...selection, judgment, and invention, but keeps under foot fancy, imagination, and feeling. " Things are as they are, and the consequences of them will be what...will be. Why then should we desire to be deceived ? " Butler never desired to be deceived, however gloomy and awful reality might be. There was little... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1896 - 244 pages
...the key to his own intellectual position. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of themJ will be what they will be ; why, then, should} we desire to be deceived? " " In that uncompromising sentence," so runs his comment, " is surely the right and salutary maxim... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1897 - 318 pages
...must follow as facts and reason oblige me to go. "Things are what they are," as Bishop Butler says, " and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " Let us face facts, seeking only to know what they are, and, as far as we can, what they really... | |
 | William Samuel Lilly - 1897 - 312 pages
...And it is best to tell the truth. As Butler said, " Things are what they are, and their consequences will be what they will be. Why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " I believe, too, that the Italian Government dare not, at present, propose to give up Borne to the... | |
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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived... 
