 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...  The Essays - Page 3by Francis Bacon - 1908 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Kathleen Knox - 1882 - 156 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...charge, saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he ia 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... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Robert Rhoden Meredith - 1883 - 136 pages
...more justly than other crimes. If it be well weighed, to say that aman 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. After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible... | |
 | Hugh Fraser Campbell - 1883 - 128 pages
...2. Montaigne saith prettily — "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. — Bacon. 3. Happy he whose inward ear Angel comfortings can hear O'er the rabble's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 pages
...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 towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man ; " surely, the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...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 towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man ; " surely, the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 pages
...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 towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man ; " surely, the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...an odious charge? Saith he, 'If it be well weighed, to say, that a man lieth, is as much as to say, n, for the moment. about her sitting in the corner with the footstool, or he wou shrinks from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of faith, cannot possibly be so highly... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 pages
...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 expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men ; it being foretold, that when Christ... | |
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