FALSEHOOD.
I give him joy that's awkward at a lie.
Night Thoughts, Night VIII. DR. E. YOUNG.
For my part, if a lie may do thee grace,
I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.
King Henry IV., Pt. I. Act v. Sc. 4.. SHAKESPEARE.
'Tis as easy as lying.
Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies,
To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise.
Absalom and Achitophel. J. DRYDEN.
That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies;
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright—
But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
The Grandmother. A. TENNYSON.
Some lie beneath the churchyard stone,
And some before the speaker.
School and Schoolfellows. W.M. PRAED.
Like one,
Who having, unto truth, by telling of it,
Made such a sinner of his memory,
To credit his own lie.
The Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.