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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? "
Ancient Religion and Modern Thought - Page 238
by William Samuel Lilly - 1884 - 371 lehte
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England's Case Against Home Rule

Albert Venn Dicey - 1886 - 388 lehte
...childish. The course of wisdom is obvious. We must all of us look facts in the face. " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be. Why then should we desire to be deceived?"* We must calmly compare the advantages of the three steep roads which lie open to the nation, and then...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, 44. köide;107. köide

1886 - 894 lehte
...have more than once quoted in past times, acquires now a heightened, an almost awful significance. "Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should w: desire to be deceived?" The laws which govern the course of human affairs, which make this thing...
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The Nineteenth Century, 19. köide

1886 - 988 lehte
...past times, acquires now a heightened, an almost awful significance. ' Things are what they are, mid the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived ?' The laws which govern the course of human affairs, which make this thing salutary to a nation and...
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Why England Maintains the Union: A Popular Rendering of "England's Case ...

Albert Venn Dicey - 1887 - 98 lehte
...about the nature of things is childish. We must all of us look facts in the face. " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be. Why then should we desire to be deceived ? " * We must calmly compare the advantages of the three steep roads which lie open to the nation,...
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Scribner's Magazine, 3. köide

Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1888 - 824 lehte
...in the intelligence working thus simply and freely. Of Butler's saying, before cited, namely, that " things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be," Mr. Arnold admirably affirms that " to take in and to digest such a sentence as that is an education...
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The Centennial Supplement to the Sydney Morning Herald: Together with ...

Sydney Morning Herald - 1888 - 224 lehte
...Butler's, which has always seemed to me to bo pregnant with wisdom. " Things and actions," he says, " are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be, and why, then, should wo seek to deceive ourselves." Or, in other words, I suppose what he meant was,...
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The Centennial Supplement to the Sydney Morning Herald: Together with ...

Sydney Morning Herald - 1888 - 222 lehte
...Butler's, which has always seemed to me to be pregnant with wisdom. " Things and actions," ho says, " are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be, and why, then, should we seek to deceive ourselves." Or, in other words, I suppose what he meant was,...
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The Centennial Supplement to the Sydney Morning Herald: Together with ...

Sydney Morning Herald - 1888 - 232 lehte
...Butler's, which has always seemed to me to be pregnant with wisdom. " Things and actions," he says, " are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will he, and why, then, should we seek to deceive ourselves." Or, in other words, I suppose what he meant...
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Bishop Butler, a Religious Philosopher for All Time: A Sketch of His Life ...

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon - 1889 - 144 lehte
...of wise counsel applicable to the affairs of daily life. He says in one place : " Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we wish to be deceived ? " * And again, " For, after all, that which is true must be admitted, though...
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French Traits: An Essay in Comparative Criticism

William Crary Brownell - 1889 - 434 lehte
...one's own and an affront to others' intelligence. " Things are what they are," says Bishop Butler, "and the consequences of them will be what they will be. Why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " Simply because there are other considerations more valuable in our eyes than avoiding being deceived....
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