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As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, What is truth?
By Richard Whately
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
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Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.
By Richard Whately
To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.
By Richard Whately
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
By Richard Whately
Every one wishes to have truth on his side, but it is not everyone sincerely wishes to be on the side of truth.
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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.
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To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another
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The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it
By Richard Whately