 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1880 - 602 pages
...majestic grandeur, when assembled myriads worship. We take facts as we find them. Butler said — " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " The facts are evidence of a far-extending purpose ; every part seems worked with much art, and... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1880 - 368 pages
...young person, who will better understand their meaning at thirty than he will at eighteen. " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we deceive ourselves ? " Therefore at the outset let everything that is taught, that can be explained... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 352 pages
...truth and fact. And if the want of conformity exists, it is sure to be one day found out. ' Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; ' and one inevitable consequence of a thing's want of conformity with truth and fact is, that sooner... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1881 - 204 pages
...behave as they will in it.' We find something very similar in the peroration of his sermon on Balaam. ' Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things History of Eeligious Thought, vol. iii. p. 129. plainly and honestly before our mind : and upon this,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 430 pages
...earnest, filled with so awful a sense of the reality of things and of the madness of self-deception : " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences...will be ; why then should we desire to be deceived t " — such a man, even if he was somewhat despotically imposed upon our youth, may yet well challenge... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 460 pages
...law, or for anything else. " It is fit things be stated and considered as they really are." " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " And he believed in reason. "I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken to vilify... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 428 pages
...with truth and fact. And if the want of conformity exists, it is sure to be one day found out. "Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be;" and one inevitable consequence of a thing's want of conformity with truth and fact is, that sooner... | |
 | William Samuel Lilly - 1884 - 414 pages
...myself with entire candour. "It is fit things be stated and considered as they really are." "Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be : why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " Now what is the way in which the objections to the Christian religion in general, and to the Catholic... | |
 | 1884 - 1108 pages
...fine name of patriotism, a good deal of self-flattery and self-delusion which is mischievous. ' 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 of Bishop Butler's is surely the right and salutary maxim for both... | |
 | 1884 - 852 pages
...will not be changed by your or my fond wishes." " Things are what they are, and their consequences will be what they will be. Why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " SAVILE. That is exactly what I do not desire, nor you either, of course. But I wonder whether we... | |
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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? 
