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" 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 156
von Amelia Opie - 1829 - 224 Seiten
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...trust and confidence in him, which is an unspeakable advantage in the business and affairs of life. 6. 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. 7. It is like building upon a false foundation; which...
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Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches

Amelia Opie - 1832 - 232 Seiten
...following quotation, but I refer my readers to No. 352 of the Spectator. " Truth is always consistent widi itself, and needs nothing to help it out : it is always near at band., and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop oat, before we are aware : whereas a LIE is troublesome,...
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The Rule of Life: Or a Collection of Select Moral Sentences ...

Watson Adams - 1834 - 290 Seiten
...Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it. It is always near at hand; it sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware. Whereas a lie is troublesome, and nets a man's invention upon a rack : and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. Abp. Tillo'son....
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The Rule of Life: Or a Collection of Select Moral Sentences ...

Watson Adams - 1834 - 278 Seiten
...of integrity, who hears without any design to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive. ^ Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it. It is always near at hand ; it sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware. Whereas...
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Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with ...

Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 Seiten
...able to plan schemes and regulate measures, but have not time remaining to bring them to completion. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips : whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 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...
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The Church of England magazine [afterw.] The Church of England and ..., Band 1

1836 - 574 Seiten
...a very shortened acquaintance with the principles of Divine truth. " Truth (it has been well said) is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out :" and shall not this be pre-eminently claimed for the truth of God ? Every distortion of truth's features...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 Seiten
...virtue is preferable to the bare speculative knowledge of all arts and sciences together.— Boyle. 276. 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. — Tillotson. 977. Women should be acquainted, that...
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The Spectator, no. 315-635

Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 Seiten
...trust and confidence in him, which is an unspeakable advantage in the business and affairs of life. ' 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. It is like building upon a false foundation, which constantly...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Band 32

1850 - 464 Seiten
...intended to illustrate the following aphorism on its title-page, from Archbishop Tillotson: — i" 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 to make it good." In her story the authoress has...
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