Hale White
Hale White
William Hale White, known by his pseudonym Mark Rutherford, was a British writer and civil servant...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 December 1831
knowledge ourselves
A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
anxiety faculty possess
Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
against art both favor lies life multitude neglecting presenting reasons
There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.
danger occupy ought ourselves spite
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.