Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Jonathan Swift Quotes: A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.
         

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.


Jonathan Swift
Check all other quotes by Jonathan Swift

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Jonathan Swift Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 25 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/A-lie-does-not-consist-in-the-757472>.





Check out


Other quotes of Jonathan Swift


Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.



We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.



For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.



Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.



That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.



Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.



When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.



You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.



He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.





Other quotes you may like


Family is not a career. It’s why you have a career. If you can’t be there for the big moments, then why are you doing it?

Family is not a career. It’s why you have a career. If you can’t be there for the big moments, then why are you doing it?



Believe in yourself, Follow your dreams, and all things are possible!

Believe in yourself, Follow your dreams, and all things are possible!



He that never changes his opinions and never corrects his mistakes will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

He that never changes his opinions and never corrects his mistakes will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.



We won't back down! We won't be trumped!

We won't back down! We won't be trumped!



By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.

By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.



I like to think Im a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.

I like to think Im a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.



Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.



If I see Danny Hillis quoted as an expert on MPP one more time, I'm going to puke.

If I see Danny Hillis quoted as an expert on MPP one more time, I'm going to puke.



Things between us were dissolving like an ice cub in a glass: the smaller it got, the faster it disappeared.

Things between us were dissolving like an ice cub in a glass: the smaller it got, the faster it disappeared.



I hold my peace, sir? no; No, I will speak as liberal as the north; Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.

I hold my peace, sir? no; No, I will speak as liberal as the north; Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.". Author of this quote is Jonathan Swift. This quote is about hype, intention, indirect, position, neighbour, desire, lying,.