 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?  Discourses in America - Page 2by Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1827 - 376 pages
...alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the conse10 quences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1838 - 632 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, ana the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then should we desire to. be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - 1844 - 406 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be : why then should we desire to be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1847 - 510 pages
...discover. What one has done, one has done, and there's an end of it. As a great prelate unforgettably said, "Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be. Why, then, attempt to deceive ourselves " — that remorse for wickedness is a useful and praiseworthy exercise?... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1848 - 632 pages
...one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions arc what they are, and the consequences of them will be...will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | 1916 - 690 pages
...come from Î Can the exact date of his death in 1678 be ascertained ! GFRB REFERENCE WANTED. — " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why therefore should we wish to be deceived Î " Can any one give me chapter and verse for this trite and... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1850 - 682 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be : why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1862 - 574 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will...will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to lay these things plainly... | |
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