 | 1891 - 530 pages
...for an idle hour, but a grim and coherent setting-forth of the logical sequences of evil. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...; why then should we desire to be deceived?" As we have noted so much, it may be not a betrayal of the story, but rather an encouragement to the reader,... | |
 | Lucas Malet - 1891 - 248 pages
...MICHEL-LES-BAIXS. CHAPTER I. 184 II. 194 „ 111. 209 THE WAGES OF SIN. BOOK I.— MAN AND MAID. ' Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived.' — BISHOP BUTLER. CHAPTER I. L ONE September day towards sunset, when the world was younger by some... | |
 | John M. Robertson - 1891 - 275 pages
...chief actor and luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splendide verax, of Butler's : — ' Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why then should we wish to be deceived? ' To take in and digest such a sentence as that is an education in moral and intellectual... | |
 | Clement Boulton Roylance Kent - 1891 - 208 pages
...blinding one's eyes to the fact. " Things," said Bishop Butler, " are what they are, and consequences will be what they will be. Why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " Unless the union is an agreeable one to all parties, or unless secession is allowed, a conflict... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Finlayson - 1893 - 406 pages
...for truth. He always seemed to be thinking and speaking in the spirit of Butler's memorable words : " Things and actions are what they are ; and the consequences...will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived." If he argued, with a force which few men rivalled, against agnosticism and materialism, it was not... | |
 | John Clifford - 1893 - 328 pages
...beauty to be seen and felt. The far-reaching saying of Bishop Butler is worthy of memory, " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why should we desire to be deceived?" Why, indeed ! Why do we not accept our limitations frankly ; confess... | |
 | 1895 - 344 pages
...That chance will bring us through ; But our own acts, for good or ill, are mightier powers. 12. Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be. Why then should we desire to be deceived ? 13. Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure, Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright ; Sow sunbeams... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1895 - 352 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... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1895 - 352 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... | |
 | 1895 - 450 pages
...are,' says Bishop Butler in his unadorned but forcible English, ' things are what they are and tbe consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' Yet men do deceive themselves every day, pretending that many things are certain which are not... | |
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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... 
