Isaac Watts Quotes about Lying

Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.

Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.

Lying, Wicked, Way

And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.

Lying, Two, Faults

Isaac Watts (1855). “Dr. Watts's Divine and Moral Songs, etc”, p.10

It was a saying of the ancients, "Truth lies in a well;" and to carry on this metaphor, we may justly say that logic does supply us with steps, whereby we may go down to reach the water.

Isaac Watts

Lying, Water, Doe

Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.

Isaac Watts

Inspirational, Lying, Fall

Isaac Watts, David Jennings, Philip Doddridge (1810). “The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, Containing, Besides His Sermons and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, Several Additional Pieces, Selected from His Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge in 1753: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of the Life of the Author”, p.404