An Open Mind: Day 196 readings from "Character And Conduct" - July 17

Readings for July 17 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"An Open Mind"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n215/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_198

Authors featured today:

Benjamin Whichcote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Whichcote
François de La Rochefoucauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)

Constance Whishaw provides no attribution for today's first reading.

Image:

Benjamin Whichcote, Cambridge Platonist, Provost of King's College, Cambridge; painting by Mary Beale (1633–1699)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Beale
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Whichcote_by_Mary_Beale.jpg