 | William Paley - Ethics - 1788 - 584 pages
...importance. Nice diftinctions are out of the queftion, upon occafions, which like thofe of fpeech, return every hour. The habit therefore, of lying, when once formed, is eafily extended to ferve the deligns of malice or intereft ; like all habits, it fpreads indeed of... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...above both these reasons, -white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that could be trusted in matters of importance. Pious frauds, as they are improperly enough called, pretended inspirations, forged books, counterfeit... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pages
...above both these reasons, white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that...interest ; like all habits, it spreads indeed of itself. LETTERS FROM HON. JOHN ADAMS AND MRS. ADAMS, TO THOMAS BUAND-HOLLIS, ESQ. [As I had the honour of being... | |
 | 1809 - 878 pages
...above both these reasons, -white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that...question, upon occasions, which, like those of speech, retum every hour. The habit, therefore, of lying, when once formed, is easily extended to serve the... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...what ill consequences may result from a lie apparently inoffensive: and, in the next place, the habit, when once formed, is easily extended to serve the...interest ; like all habits, it spreads indeed of itself. Pious frauds, as they are improperly enough called, pretended inspirations, forged books counterfeit... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...what ill consequences may result from a lie apparently inoffensive: and, in the next place, the habit, when once formed, is easily extended to serve the...interest; like all habits, it spreads indeed of itself. Pious frauds, as they are improperly enough called, pretended inspirations, forged books, counterfeit... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - Theology - 1810 - 350 pages
...above both these reasons, white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that...occasions' which, like those of speech, return every hourv' The habit therefore of lying, when once formed, is easily extended to serve the designs. of... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1811 - 540 pages
...above both these reasons, white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that...interest ; like all habits, it spreads indeed of itself. Pious frauds, as they are improperly enough called, pretended inspirations, forged books, counterfeit... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1811 - 412 pages
...above both these reasons, white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that...— like all habits, it spreads indeed of itself. Pious frauds, as they are improperly enough called, pretended inspirations, forged books, counterfeit... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...above both these reasons, white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that...distinctions are out of the question, upon occasions, like those of speech, which return every hour. The habit therefore of lying, when once formed, is easily... | |
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But beside and above both these reasons, white lies always introduce others of a darker complexion. I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that could be trusted in matters of importance. 
