—E. W. Rice
Showing posts with label lies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lies. Show all posts
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Sunday, June 01, 2014
Post #1562
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,
Men will believe because they love the lie;
But truth herself, if clouded with a frown,
Must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
—Charles Churchill
Men will believe because they love the lie;
But truth herself, if clouded with a frown,
Must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
—Charles Churchill
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Post #1543
Lying is a crime the least liable to variation in its definitions. A child, will upon the slightest temptation, tell an untruth as readily as the truth. That is, as soon as he can suspect that it will be to his advantage; and the dread that he afterward has of telling a lie is acquired principally by his being threatened, punished, and terrified by those who detect him in it, till at length, a number of painful impressions are annexed to the telling of an untruth and he comes even to shudder at the thought of it.
—Joseph Priestley
—Joseph Priestley
Monday, February 10, 2014
Post #1476
An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered.
—Mark Twain
—Mark Twain
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Post #1390
He who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
—Michel de Montaigne
—Michel de Montaigne
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Friday, August 02, 2013
Post #1310
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
—Blaise Pascal
—Blaise Pascal
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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