 | Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...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...sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before \ve are aware; whereas, a lie is troublesome, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.... | |
 | Robert Millington Millington - Latin language - 1883 - 170 pages
...all his familv (cum conjuge ac Hberis), banished (him). CAMBRIDGE, i863. Truth is always consistent J with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it...lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; 2 whereas a lie is troublesome, and scts a man's invention on the rack, and one trick needs a great... | |
 | Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 pages
...greatest enemy is prejudice ; and her constant companion is humility. — Colton. Truth and untruth. Truth is always consistent with itself and needs nothing...help it out ; it is always near at hand and sits upon one, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome and sinful, and sets... | |
 | Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - Conduct of life - 1884 - 648 pages
...there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths. Truth is always consistent with itself; and needs...are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs many more to make it good. It is dangerous to... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - English literature - 1886 - 478 pages
...irritating way. The following extract, which is a fair sample of his style, shows this peculiarity: — "Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...are aware ; 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... | |
 | 1889 - 826 pages
...their bright foreheads, lift up their Titan hands to heaven, saying, " I live forev er." — Jtuakin. TRUTH is always consistent with itself, and needs...out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our laps, and is ready to drop out before we arc aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, sets a man's invention... | |
 | 1884 - 896 pages
...interested in Jesus, they are saved by grace, and the God of grace has all the glory. LYING AND TRUTH. — Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one deceitful trick needs a great many more to make it appear... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 472 pages
...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...hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop put before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...— Byron. MACHINERY. MADNESS. How much less sociable is false speaking than silence ? — Montaigne. 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... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - Quotations, English - 1896 - 382 pages
...WALTER SCOTT. Truth is violated by falsehood, and it may be equally outraged by silence. — AMMIAN. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...are aware; 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. — TlLLOTSON.... | |
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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... 
