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" 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 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... "
New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ... - Page 156
by Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
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Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian ...

International Sunday School Lessons - 1890 - 412 pages
...Many a sin may be more skilfully planned and longer hid than Gehazi's; but every sin is known. 1o. " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is...that he is brave towards God and a coward towards man. For a lie faces God and shrinks from man." — Lord Bacon. 11. Every sin, unconfessed and unforgiven,...
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Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...found false and perfidious ; and therefore Montaigne l 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, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1892 - 402 pages
...the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as 70 much as to say, that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and...
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Introduction to English Literature: Including a Number of Classic Works ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1894 - 688 pages
...found false and perfidious: and therefore Montaigne27 saitli prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge : saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave...
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Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages: Selections in Prose and Verse from the ...

William Chatterton Coupland - Religious literature - 1895 - 746 pages
...found false, and (perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such a Disgrace, and such an Odious charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave...
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: (on an ...

Bible - 1892 - 808 pages
...found false and perfidious ; and, therefore, Montaigne aayeth prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and...say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he in brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God and shrinks from man." — Lord...
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Examinations Papers

1896 - 774 pages
...breezy call .... Here rests his head .... o. Explain the following passages from Bacon : — (a) Why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. (J) To remove the lot (as they call it). (c) Like a stale at chess. (d) The increase of any estate...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 3

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 550 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 and such an odious charge. Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave toward...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1896 - 426 pages
...the reason, why the word of the Lie, shonld be snch a Disgrace, and snch an Odions Charge? Saith he, If it be well weighed, To say that a man lieth, is as mnch to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a Coward towards Men. For a Lie faces God, and shrinkes...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1897 - 448 pages
...the reason why the word of the Lie should be such a Disgrace, and such an Odious Charge, Saith he, If it be well weighed, To say that a man lieth, is as much to say as 75 that he is brave towards God and a Coward towards Men. For a Lie faces God, and shrinkes...
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