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 WhatelyFalsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived.
Richard WhatelyAs hardly anything can accidentally touch the soft clay without stamping its mark on it, so hardly any reading can interest a child, without contributing in some degree, though the book itself be afterwards totally forgotten, to form the character.
Richard Whately