 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 32by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Glasgow sabbath school union - 1873 - 598 pages
...Locke. 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.— Montague. God hath impressed more lively prints of Himself and His divine essence upon a rational soul,... | |
 | Jean Middlemass - 1873 - 336 pages
...Montaigne says, ' If it be well weighed, to say a man lieth, is as much as to say he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men; for a lie faces God and shrinks from man.' And so it was with Sir Henry — for bitterly as he regretted the sin he had committed before God,... | |
 | W J Morgan - 1874 - 750 pages
...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.' " But we are using the word truth here in a more general and comprehensive sense, as meaning truth... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave toward God and a coward towards men ;" for a lie faces God,...Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. REVENGE. REVENGE is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to the more ought law... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...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,...cometh, " he shall not find faith upon the earth." ^ (2) //. OF DEA TH. MEN fear death as children fear to go in the dark ;' and as that natural fear... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 pages
...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,...when "Christ cometh " he shall not " find faith upon earth." OP DEATH (1612; enlarged 1625). Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark; and as... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 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...expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the j udgments of God upon the generations of men: it being foretold, that when ' Christ conieth,' he shall... | |
 | Christian text-book - 1874 - 808 pages
...be discovered in a lie : for as Montaigne saith — " A liar would be brave towards God, while he is a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." — BACON. ';l toirfcrtt Iion- mVtij Ijerti to hi BY lips; arrti a l&r £ibetlj ear to a nauglitg tongue.—... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say . that he is brave tmuards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God,...Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. 3. DURABILITY OF LEARNING. (From Advancement of Learning, Book I.) Lastly, leaving the vulgar arguments,... | |
 | Eliza Rhyl Davies - 1875 - 278 pages
...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."—BACON. MEANWHILE Helen had been returning from a walk with Louis, when, as she reached the... | |
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