Whoever would persuade men to religion both with art and efficacy, must found the persuasion of it upon this, that it interferes not with any rational pleasure, that it bids nobody quit the enjoyment of any one thing that his reason can prove to him ought to be enjoyed. South.
Whole, half, and quarter mistakes are very difficult and troublesome to correct and sift, and it is hard to set what is true in them in its proper place. Goethe.
Wholesome berries thrive and ripen best, / 35 Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality. Hen. V., i. 1.
Wholly a man of action, with speech subservient thereto. Carlyle of his father.
Whom God teaches not, man cannot. Gael.
Whom Heaven has made a slave, no parliament of men, nor power that exists on earth, can render free. Carlyle.
"Whom the gods love die young," was said of yore. Byron.
Whom the grandeur of his office elevates over other men will soon find that the first hour of his new dignity is the last of his independence. Chancellor D'Aguesseau.
Whom the heart of man shuts out, straightway the heart of God takes in. Lowell.
Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounced / Wisest of men. Milton, of Socrates.