 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...He who accustoms himself to buy superfluities, may ere long be obliged to sell his necessaries. II, who is always his own counsellor will often have a fool for his client. He who goes to bed in anger has the devil for his bed-fellow. The same thing has often two different... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...one is not perpetually watching."—JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from...lying that there is so much falsehood in the world." Talking of instruction, " People have now-adays (said he) got a strange opinion that every thing should... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 690 pages
...gives the most lasting heat. "An artful woman is a saint in the morning, and a glow-worm at night. " He who is always his own counsellor, will often have a fool for his client. " Religion is the best armour, but the worst cloak. " Gossiping and Lying are twin-sisters. " The anatomical... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 396 pages
...either of an individual or of human nature in general ; if it be false, it is a picture of nothing." " It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." This sentence may appear harsh, and if executed it may have a tendency to decrease the floating stock... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." In his review of Dr. Warton's " Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," Johnson has given the following... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1817 - 420 pages
...either of an individual or of human nature in general ; if it be false, it is a picture of nothing." " It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." This sentence may appear harsh, and if executed it may have a tendency to decrease the floating stock... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...is not perpetually watching." — JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than from...lying that there is so much falsehood in the world." Talking of instruction, " People have now-adays (said he) got a strange opinion that every thing should... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - Child rearing - 1819 - 206 pages
...do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you -do not know where deviation from truth will end. IT is MORE FROM CARELESSNESS ABOUT TRUTH, THAN FROM...LYING, THAT THERE IS SO MUCH FALSEHOOD IN THE WORLD*." On no account whatever let any thing be said or done in the nursery, that Mamma is not to be told.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." In his review of Dr. Warton's " Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," Johnson has given the following... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." Boswell adds, " In his review of Dr. Wartou's Essay on the Writings and Genins of Pope, Johnson has... | |
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Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world. 
