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" 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 32
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 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,...cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it .'-hall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upoa the generations of men : it being foretold...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, Hnd ͯ%Pͯ% . II. OF DEATH. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark : and as that natural fear in children...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...it be well weighed, to say lhat^ajnánjżetiji, 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 thai il shall be Ihe last peal to call the judgments of God upon the genera lions of men : il being...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, with notes by A. Spiers

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 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...Christ cometh, "he shall not find faith upon the earth, " ' The following is the passage of Lucretius which Bacon has rather paraphrased than translated :...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 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,...the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the genera tions of men : it being foretold, that when "Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...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...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...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...when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the eartfi.6 II. OF DEATH. Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark: and as that natural fear...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards oolish manner, both parents, and schoolmasters, and servants, H. OF DEATH. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark : and as that natural fear in children...
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Kidd's Own Journal, Volume 5

Arts - 1854 - 394 pages
...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...
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Exercises on Words: Designed as a Course of Practice on the Rudiments of ...

William Russell - English language - 1856 - 240 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." EXTRACT II. Learning. LORD BACON. Learning taketh away the wiklness and barbarism and fierceness...
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