| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1877 - 1014 pages
...found false and perfidious. / And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace...charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a ',. wan lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards Crod and a coward towards men.* For a... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...perfidious. And therefore Montagne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lye should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge?...Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lyeth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lye faces... | |
| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1878 - 790 pages
...be found false and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a : disgrace...he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. 1 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...found false and perfidious; 30 and therefore Montaigne 31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge, saith he, 'Jf it be well weighed to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and... | |
| Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 462 pages
...be found false and perfidious: and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge, ''If it be well weighed, to say that a man lietli, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God,... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...found false and perfidious;30 and therefore Montaigne31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace...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... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...found false and perfidious ; 70 and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge — saith ie If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as-much as to say that he is brave towards God,... | |
| Francis Nathan Peloubet - Bible - 1876 - 246 pages
...with shame as to be found false and perfidious ; Montaigne eaith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace...saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man licth is as much as to say that lie is brave towards God and a coward towards man. For a lie faces... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...be found false and perfidious: and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquircth the reason d on the Attacks upon his Pension, 1796. Time hath his revolutions : there mus " If it he well weighed, to say that a. man lieth is as much as to say that he is brave towards God,... | |
| Pierre Villey - 1913 - 124 pages
...aphorisme 90. (3) Bacon, Essai I. <i Therefore Montaigne saith prettilp, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? sent à la pensée, il le nomme, il le cite textuellement. Malheureusement il ne nous dit pas comment... | |
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