...deceit; think innocently.358 THOMAS JEFFERSON On August 19, 1785, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Peter Carr: He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it...that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.359 GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER 1n a letter to L. Robinson, January 9, 1922, George Washington...

...to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it...that of the heart, and in time, depraves all its good dispositions. August 19,1785 To Peter Carr, on proper exercise. (MCM I,286) A strong body makes the...

...to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it...that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. Honesty which proceeds from the heart as well as the head may be more surely counted...

...acknowledged the difference Socrates draws between the verbal lie and the "lie of the soul," but added: "This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions."7 Self-government includes government of the body. "A strong body makes the mind strong,"...

...a second & third time, till at length it becomes habitual, he tells lies without attending to it, & truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, & in time depraves all its good dispositions. To Peter Carr, Paris, August l9, 17*5 To John Adams,...