 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 pages
...Such a course disarms anger, while by deliberate lying you will make matters worse ; as Pope says, " He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task...he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain one." Of the advantages of truth and sincerity, Archbishop Tillotson says, " Truth and reality have... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1867 - 106 pages
...return."—Milton. 9. " O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive."—Scott. 10. " He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task...he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain one." —Pope. 11. " Predominant habits of warfare are totally irreconcilable with those of industry."—Hallam.... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1867 - 352 pages
...justly contested with him the praise of judgment, but no one has yet rivalled his invention." " He that tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes...must be forced to invent twenty more, to maintain one." Amended : — " for, to maintain one, he must invent twenty more.'' In the following sentence,... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him. SWIFT. HE who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task...undertakes ; for he must be forced to invent twenty to maintain that one. POPE. A LIAK begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1867 - 380 pages
...offenses come is an incident of a state of trial. How we shall succeed in any endeavor is uncertain. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes. Always to indulge our appetites is to extinguish them. Faithful are the wounds of a friend. There is... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 pages
...often and wonderfully confirmed in the lives of evil men. Among the aphorisms of Dean Swift we read: " He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task...forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one." It has been called the severe, but appropriate, punishment of historians who desert the paths of truth... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 550 pages
...often and wonderfully confirmed in the lives of evil men. Among the aphorisms of Dean Swift we read : " He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task...forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one." It has been called the severe, but appropriate, punishment of historians who desert the paths of truth... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1870 - 380 pages
...offenses come is an incident of a state of trial. How we shall succeed in any endeavor is uncertain. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes. Always to indulge our appetites is to extinguish them. Faithful are the wounds of a friend. There is... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1870 - 72 pages
...administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon ; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. — Selden. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task lie undertakes ; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain one. — Pope. By this the... | |
 | 1871 - 622 pages
...we get so inextricably involved that we never fully recover. " ' He who tells a lie,' says Pope, ' is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for...forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.' Johnson observes that ' nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods of convenience or vanity... | |
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He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. 
