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... Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches - Seite 156von Amelia Opie - 1829 - 224 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 Seiten
...trust and confidence in him, which is an unspeakable advantage in the business and affairs of life. divination, which foretold every thing that afterwards troubletome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make... | |
| Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 Seiten
...p. 36,) I stand with something else. — Consistent, signifies the fitness to be placed together. " Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out." Tillotson. Con-sale, consolor, and solace, solatium, are evidently from the same source, (see SoLUM,... | |
| 1826 - 450 Seiten
...always confiftent with itfelf, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and fits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lye is troublefome, and fets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great many mf¡re... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 Seiten
...elevated and dignified character of a clergyman to engage in the ordinary pursuits of other men ; ' Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out.' TILLOTSON. INCONSISTENT, INCONGRUOUS, INCOHERENT. Inconsistent, from sisto to place, marks the unfitness... | |
| William Enfield - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...heirs, ns certainly as he can his lands, a noble descent would then indeed be a very valuable privilege. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. The pleasure, which affects the human mind with the... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 Seiten
...could be delivered as a precept only by. him who lived and died to establish it by his example. Slnon. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention on the rack, and one trick needs a great many more of the same kind to make it good. — Ibid. Most... | |
| 1827 - 590 Seiten
...integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...Whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention on the rack; and one trick needs a great many more of the same kind to make it good. Be very careful... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 Seiten
...good memory, lest he contradict at one time what he said at another; but truth is always consistent, and needs nothing to help it out: it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips; whereas a lie is troublesome, and needs a great many more to make it good. In a word, whatsoever convenience... | |
| Ethics - 1828 - 234 Seiten
...sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware. Truth is the basis of... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...he contradict at one time, what he said at another. But truth is always consistent with it.'.'i-lf, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near...we are aware ; whereas, a lie is troublesome, and OHC trick needs a great many more to make it good. Add to all this, that sincerity is the most compendious... | |
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