All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

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It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

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Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

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A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

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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 who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

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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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Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

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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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In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

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