 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 Seiten
...in a prominent falsehood ii the fact tint tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. — Hosea Ballon. To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will rcmaiu. — Suadi. Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty. — Tacitus. _ Falsehood is never... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 472 Seiten
...may have its right demonstration, the cavil of the fastidious will construe it wrong. ******* XCVIII To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for...for a lie, had no credit afterwards when they spoke the truth : — God on high has said — Jacob is supposed to speak — (Koran xii. Sale ii. 35) :... | |
 | Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson - 1899 - 472 Seiten
...proposition may have its right demonstration, the cavil of the fastidious will construe it wrong. XCVIII To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre ; for...for a lie, had no credit afterwards when they spoke the truth : — God on high has said — Jacob is supposed to speak — (Koran xii. Sale ii. 35) :... | |
 | 1905 - 452 Seiten
...millionaires to-day who declare they were happiest when they were poor and struggling. JACK BLACK. To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre. For...though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. Do not allow idleness to deceive you, for while you give him to-day, he steals to-morrow from you.... | |
 | George Daniel Rathbun - 1906 - 134 Seiten
...reading, or do things worth writing." — Franklin. "To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain." — Sadi. " He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything." — Dr. Johnson.... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...bis reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.— Steift. The telling of d, seizes on single points. and however enlarged in its own sphere, is never safe from its narrowne — Saadi. Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult ! Examine your words well and you will find that... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 Seiten
...his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.— Svrift. The telling of a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre ; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. — Saadi. Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult ! Examine your words well and yon will lind that... | |
 | Nellie Elfa Turner - 1915 - 540 Seiten
...things straight in the end. WASHINGTON IRVING. 33. To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. MUSLIH-UD-SADI. 34. And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 434 Seiten
...would entertain him only with encomiums on Laila. xovm To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will...Joseph, who, being notorious for a lie, had no credit afterward when they spoke the truth : God on high has said — Jacob is supposed to speak — (Koran... | |
 | 1921 - 530 Seiten
...large. Love comforteth like sun after rain. As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth em-v consume a man. To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre : for though the wound may heal, the sr-ar of it will remain. Ambition is like hunger ; it obeys no law but its ap"etite. Hanrnness. like... | |
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. 
