 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...PH7ED. The wretch that often has deceiv'd, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believ'd. WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth.' The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...PHJ.D. The wretch that often has deceiv'd, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believ'd. WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering...Not to " be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...PHJED. The wretch that often has deceiv'il, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er bcliev'd. WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar ,s at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...PHJED. The wretch that often has deceiv'd, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believ'd. 11THEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | 1819 - 332 pages
...PILED. The wretch that often has deceiv'd, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believ'd. WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth.' The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pages
...The \vretch that often has deceiv'd, • Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believ'd. WHEN Aristotle was once asked what a man could gain by uttering falsehoods,...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...I-HAP. The wretch that often has deceiv'd, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er bcliev'd. WHEN Aristotle was once asked what a man could gain by uttering falsehoods,...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1822 - 194 pages
...sewed up. When Aristotle, who was a Grecian Philosopher, and the tutor of Alexander the Great, was cnce asked, what a man could gain by uttering falsehoods,...shall tell the truth." On the contrary, it is related, thatwhenPetrarch,an!talian Poet, was summoned as a witness on a certain occasion, and offered in the... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1822 - 194 pages
...Liar's mouth sewed up. When Aristotle, who was a Grecian Philosopher, andthetutorof Alexander theGreat, was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering falsehoods, he replied, "not to be credited when lie shall tell the truth." On the contrary, it is related, that when Petrarch, an Italian Poet, was... | |
 | John Hawkesworth - 1823 - 302 pages
...PHJED. The wretch that often has deceived, Though truth he speaks, is ne'er believed. WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering...Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar'is at once so hateful and contemptible that even of those who have lost their... | |
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WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering falsehoods? he replied, " Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth." The character of a liar is at once so hateful and contemptible, that even of those who have lost their virtue... 
