The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . " BOSWELL . " A man often shews his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the truth firmly , a ...
... truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . " BOSWELL . " A man often shews his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the truth firmly , a ...
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... truth : ' Physical truth is , when you tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a ...
... truth : ' Physical truth is , when you tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a ...
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... truth . Besides , you are not sure , what effect your telling him he is in danger may have . It may bring his distemper to a crisis , and that may cure him . Of all lying , I have the greatest abhorrence of this , because I believe it ...
... truth . Besides , you are not sure , what effect your telling him he is in danger may have . It may bring his distemper to a crisis , and that may cure him . Of all lying , I have the greatest abhorrence of this , because I believe it ...
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