Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Falsehood is cowardice; truth is courage. H. Ballou.

Falsehood is easy, truth is difficult. George 50 Eliot.

Falsehood is folly. Hom.

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth. Colton.

Falsehood is our one enemy in this world. Carlyle.

Falsehood is so much the more commendable, by how much more it resembles truth, and is the more pleasing the more it is doubtful and possible. Cervantes.

Falsehood is the devil's daughter, and speaks 55 her father's tongue. Dan. Pr.

Falsehood is the essence of all sin. Carlyle.

Falsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived. Whately.

Falsehood, like the dry rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded. Whately.