Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 123
... Truth will not afford sufficient food to their vanity ; so they have betaken themselves to error . Truth , Sir , is a cow which will yield such people no more milk , and so they are gone to milk the bull . If I could have al- lowed ...
... Truth will not afford sufficient food to their vanity ; so they have betaken themselves to error . Truth , Sir , is a cow which will yield such people no more milk , and so they are gone to milk the bull . If I could have al- lowed ...
Page 207
... truth with safety . " JOHNSON : Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hun- dred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But besides ; a man had rather have a hun- dred lies told of him , than one truth which he does not wish ...
... truth with safety . " JOHNSON : Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hun- dred lies has disarmed the force of his lies . But besides ; a man had rather have a hun- dred lies told of him , than one truth which he does not wish ...
Page 526
... Truth ? JOHNSON : " The general rule is , that Truth should never be violated , because it is of the utmost importance to the comfort of life , that we should have a full security by mutual faith ; and occasional in- conveniencies ...
... Truth ? JOHNSON : " The general rule is , that Truth should never be violated , because it is of the utmost importance to the comfort of life , that we should have a full security by mutual faith ; and occasional in- conveniencies ...
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