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? Patriotism and Empire - Page 40by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1900 - 208 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 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 1916 - 688 pages
...to earth in the ' Analogy ' or elsewhere. H. BIRCH SHAHPE. Conservative Club. [" 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? "— Bp. Butler, Sermon VII., ' On the Character of Balaam,' last paragraph.]... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
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