Joseph Butler Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: May 18, 1692 - June 16, 1752
Birthday: May 18
Death: June 16
In all common ordinary cases, we see intuitively at first view what is out duty, what is the honest part. This is the ground of the observation, that the first thought is often the best. In these cases, doubt and deliberation is itself dishonesty; as it was in Balaam upon the second message.
source: Joseph Butler (1839). “The Whole Works of Joseph Butler ...”
topic: Balaam
