 In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over ; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under an everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he...  Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches - Seite 157von Amelia Opie - 1829 - 224 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...that are sometunes right. Colton. FALSEHOOD and DISSIMULATION —Evil of. Whatsoever convenience may s ¡в not believed when ho speaks truth, nor trusted, when perhaps he means honestly. When a man hath... | |
 | Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 344 Seiten
...journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...is not believed when he speaks truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly. When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 470 Seiten
...journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted perhaps when he means* honestly. When a man has once forfeited the reputation... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 Seiten
...practises it, Whatsoever convenience may be thought o be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is oon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under ,n everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so hat he is not believed when he speaks ruth, nor trusted when... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 Seiten
...excellent observations when showing the folly as well as the sin of lying : — " Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...is not believed when he speaks truth, nor trusted when, perhaps, he means honestly. When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he... | |
 | Benjamin W. Atwell - 1867 - 106 Seiten
...great many more to make it good. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood or dissimulation, it is soon over ; but the inconvenience...jealousy and suspicion; so that he is not believed wlien he speaks the truth ; nor trusted when, perhaps, he means honestly. When a man hath once forfeited... | |
 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 Seiten
...journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks truth, nor trusted perhaps... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 Seiten
...lose their breath, rather than use it in speaking untruth of another. Anon. Whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because 2G Be ye angry and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath: it brings a man under an everlasting... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 Seiten
...troublesome, | and needs a great many more to make it good. . In a word, I whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, | it is soon over ; | but the inconvenience of i-' is perpetual ; | because \t brings a man i under an everlasting jealousy and suspicion ; i so that... | |
 | T. Matthay - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...journey's end than by-ways,"2 in which men often lose113 themselves. In a word, whatever"4 convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over ; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual,115 because it brings a man under an everlasting"6 jealousy "7 and suspicion, so that he... | |
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