 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature : and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the...goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature : and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the...goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly... | |
 | James Flint - 1844 - 354 pages
...is like alloy in coin of gold and silver; which may make the metal work the better, but it debaseth it; for these winding and crooked courses are the...goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet." It is only for mercenary purposes, let it be observed, that the precious metals are made " to work... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 334 pages
...falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embascth it : for these winding and crooked courses are the...goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false 4* and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he enquireth the reason, why the word... | |
 | Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 216 pages
...clear and round dealing is the Honour of Man's Nature ; and that mixture of Falsehood is like Alloy in Coin of Gold and Silver, which may make the Metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Essays, i. Of Truth. LES plus habiles affectent toute leur vie de blamer les finesses, pour s'en servir... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, Why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the hetter, but it embaseth it. For these winding and crooked...as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, Why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...clean and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not npon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...as to 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,... | |
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To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business : it will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature ; and that mixture of falsehood is like allay in... 
