All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.
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Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.Richard Whately
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
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It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
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Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
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A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.
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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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