Lying.—Lying's a certain mark of cowardice.—Southern.
There are people who lie simply for the sake of lying.—Pascal.
Every brave man shuns more than death the shame of lying.—Corneille.
It is a hard matter for a man to lie all over, nature having provided king's evidence in almost every member. The hand will sometimes act as a vane, to show which way the wind blows, even when every feature is set the other way; the knees smite together and sound the alarm of fear under a fierce countenance; the legs shake with anger, when all above is calm.—Washington Allston.
Lies exist only to be extinguished.—Carlyle.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.—Tennyson.
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Madness.—Many a man is mad in certain instances, and goes through life without having it perceived. For example, a madness has seized a person of supposing himself obliged literally to pray continually; had the madness turned the opposite way, and the person thought it a crime ever to pray, it might not improbably have continued unobserved.—Johnson.
Man.—It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.—Pascal.
Man, I tell you, is a vicious animal.—Molière.