 Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one...  The Cottager's monthly visitor - Página 4471827Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 páginas
...hypocrite or double-dealer, shelters and hides himself in ambiguities and reserves. Bonaparte. 22. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...troublesome, and sets a man's invention on the rack, and one needs a great many more of the same kind to make it good. Archbishop Tlllotson. 23. One of the sublimest... | |
 | Joseph Elias Hayne - 1905 - 202 páginas
...cannot delight in the sun?" ' The author of great historical works is ever mindful of the fact that "truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware." We are informed that "the greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy prejudice, and her constant... | |
 | William Alexander Cocke - 1908 - 538 páginas
...rpose.—Shakespeare. The withholding of truth is sometimes a worse deception than a direct misstatement.—The Author. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...needs a great many more of the same kind to make it good.—Tillotson. The coward is the loudest crower.—The Author. "There is nothing," says Plato,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 páginas
...rise ont of cowardice, and one who is afraid of lying is usually afraid of nothing else. — Fraude. littPFI+ sits upon onr lips, and ia ready to drop ont before we are aware ; a lie is troublesome, and sets a... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 páginas
...rise out of cowardice, and one who is afraid of lying is usually afraid of nothing else. — Frond?. more on trial sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we «re aware ; a Ho is troublesome, and sets a... | |
 | William Alexander Cocke - 1908 - 538 páginas
...danger of bumping your head against the truth — And as soon as the fog blows away you are gone anyhow. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; a lie is troublesome, and sets a... | |
 | William Alexander Cocke - 1908 - 536 páginas
...Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 páginas
...repetition of the same sense in different words, which are of the same grammatical value, as " Truth is. always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ". Throw away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath ; O roy God, Take the gentle path ! The repetition of the... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1911 - 524 páginas
...thing. A liar hath need of good memory lest he contradict at one time what he said at another. But truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...nothing to help it out: it is always near at hand, and site upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas, a lie is troublesome, and... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 páginas
...memorem, A liar had need of a good memory, lest he contradict at one time what he said at another : but truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. It is like building upon a false... | |
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