 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 32by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 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,...cometh," He shall not "find faith upon the Earth." OF DEATH.2 MEK fear death as children fear to go- in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is as much to say as that he is brave towards and we believed that we loved; and a short time after...to part again, and wait two years for our wedding. Of Frittuhhip. It had been hard for him that spake it, to have put more truth and untruth together,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards 75 man ; for a lie faces God, and shritiks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach...men : it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, 80 He shall not find faith upon the earth. II MEN fear death as children fear logo in the dark; and... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 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, and shrinks from man." LORD BACON : Essay I., Of Truth. A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found : I am... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 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, and shrinks from man."* в — 8. (G) withheld . . me, God helps the conscientious. suffered . . her," laid him under mental... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...man lyeth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lye faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness...cometh " he shall not find faith upon the earth." IL OF DEATH. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark : and as that natural fear in children... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1877 - 1014 pages
...nerfotlig gertntlis ratMnem, * KsKais, II. 18. Compare Plutnrch, Lysaml. c. 8: 4 fup ttpKi,) napaand shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood...men; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he sliatt not And faith upon the earth. II. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...saith he, 'Jf 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,...being foretold that when Christ cometh, He shall not 'findfaith™ upon the earth.' NOTES ON ESSAY I. 1. 'jesting Pilate.' He refers to the passage in the... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 462 pages
...charge, ''If it be well weighed, to say that a man lietli, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces God,...generations of men, it being foretold that when " Christ coineth " he shall not "find faith upon earth." от DEATH (1IÍ12; enlnrgi'd 1035). Men fear death... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...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. For a lie faces God,...cometh, He shall not 'find faith™ upon the earth! NOTES ON ESSAY I. 1. 'jesting Pilate.' He refers to the passage in the New Testament, John xviii, 38,... | |
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