"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side,……" — Richard Whately

"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

— Richard Whately

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47 Quotes by Richard Whately

Richard Whately has 47 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners…
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are…
The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the…
To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange…
The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.
Happiness is no laughing matter.
It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of…
Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there are boundless stores of moral…

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More Everyone Quotes

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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working… — Mary Kay Ash
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel. — Mary Kay Ash
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone… — David Attenborough
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth. — Margaret Atwood
There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round. — Paul Auster
Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. — Paul Auster
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one. — Sebastian Bach
In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but… — Michelle Bachelet
We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. — Michelle Bachelet

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