 | Arts - 1854 - 394 pages
...breaking the most sacred bond of society. Montaigne savs — " If a man lieth, he is brave towards (Jod, and a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." How forcible is this remark ! There is nothing more beautiful than a character in which there is no... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 1856 - 240 pages
...an odious charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men : for...generations of men ; it being foretold that when " Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon earth." EXTRACT II. Learning. LORD BACON. Learning taketh away... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...charge; saith he, "If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man ; " surecontests of warfare, arrayed upon the plains, without a share in the danger; but nothing is... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...an odious charge, ' If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed... | |
 | Marcellus F. Cowdery - Ethics - 1856 - 276 pages
...of lying, said : " If it be well weighed to say that a man lieth, it is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from men." Can you explain in what way a liar is always a great coward towards men ? And how is he bold... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 pages
...say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.1 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely...generations of men ; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. II. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith...generations of men : it being foretold, that when ' Christ cometh/ he shall not ' find faith upon earth.' 1 So. Provided. ' So that the doctrine he wholesome... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...Charge ? 6 Saith he, If it be well weighed, to fay that a Man lieth, is as much as to fay, that he is brave towards God, and a Coward towards Men : For a Lie faces God, and fbrinks from Man. Surely the Wickednefs. of Falfehood and Breach of Faith cannot poffibly be fo highly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.i For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely...generations of men ; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. Il. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go... | |
 | Henry Nicholas Sealy - Banks and banking - 1858 - 690 pages
...the goings of the serpent, which gocth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." P. 4.: — " Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith...generations of men: it being foretold that when ' Christ cometh ' he shall not ' find faith upon earth.'" Adam Smith, bv ch. iii. vol. 3. p. 420. : — " The... | |
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If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly... 
