William Cowper Lying Quotations

One leg by truth supported, one by lies,They sidle to the goal with awkward pace,Secure of nothing -- but to lose the race.

When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue/ Lies silent in the grave.

And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.

Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die

When scandal has new-minted an old lie, Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply, 'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears Gathering around it with erected ears; A thousand names are toss'd into the crowd, Some whisper'd softly, and some twang'd aloud, Just as the sapience of an author's brain, Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.

The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, "Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more."