 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...  A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors - Side 10af Manual - 1809Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 sider
...it be well weighed, to say lhat^ajnánj¿etiji, is as much as to say, that he is DravFfowaids^Gfid, and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation in thai il shall be Ihe last peal to call the judgments of God upon the genera lions of men : il being... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 sider
...a disgrace, and such an odious charge ? Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, ? = > ? 7?; \䔎 6^ { g / r 9 8 { Hnd a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falsehood,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 sider
...an Odious Charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, To fay that a Man lieth, is as much as to fay, That he is brave towards God, and a Coward towards Men. For a Lie faces God, and fhrinks from Man. Surely the Wickednefs of Falfehood, and Breach of Faith, cannot poffibly be fo highly... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 sider
...Adv. of Learning, i. 8. 5. 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.5 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 sider
...a disgrace, and such an odious charge ? Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, eir children, but not their purse. Men have a foolish...manner, both parents, and schoolmasters, and servants, in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being... | |
 | 1854 - 394 sider
...breaking the most sacred bond of society. Montaigne savs — " If a man lieth, he is brave towards (Jod, and a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." How forcible is this remark ! There is nothing more beautiful than a character in which there is no... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 sider
...should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 sider
...such a disgrace, and such 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...towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man ; " surecontests of warfare, arrayed upon the plains, without a share in the danger; but nothing is... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 sider
...should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge, ' If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God,...towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'4 Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed... | |
 | Marcellus F. Cowdery - 1856 - 276 sider
...such a sad disgrace to be accused of lying, said : " If it be well weighed to say that a man lieth, it is as much as to say that he is brave towards God,...towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from men." Can you explain in what way a liar is always a great coward towards men ? And how is he bold... | |
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