Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise, 'T was one of my most intimate enemies.

Gather a shell from the strewn beach And listen at its lips: they sigh The same desire and mystery, The echo of the whole sea's speech.

If the light is It is because God said 'Let there be light.'

Still we say as we go,- 'Strange to think by the way Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day.'

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.

But it is hard to know them [flatterers] from friends, they are so obsequious, and full of protestations; for as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a …

For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.