Richard Whately Quotes About Truth

Quotes about: Truth

• Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Honesty, Men

  'Apophthegms' p. 219

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

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Wish, Sides

• Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Taken, Should

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.87

• It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Wish, Sides

  Richard Whately (1854). “Essays (second Series) on Some of the Difficulties in the Writings of the Apostle Paul: And in Other Parts of the New Testament”, p.18

• There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true.

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Believe

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.36

• 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?'

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Believe, Differences

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