falsehood

• Later I address the "truth", for now I stick to falsehood, that is to say that P1 is false (ostriches don't have the capacity to fly) and so is P2 not all birds can fly, so the argument is valid but unsound. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• Whoso would avoid falsehood, which is the essence of all Sin, will perhaps see good to take a different course. —  Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
• The ways of courtiers--falsehood, flattery, and fawning--he detested, and worse, he said so, wherefore his learning, wit and eloquence found but small reward. —  The Ship of Fools, Volume 1
• An act was subsequently passed authorizing the President of the United States, in his discretion, to close our ports, but it was never executed The scheme of blockade was resorted to, and a falsehood was asserted on which to base it. —  The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
• In replying to the personal portion of the speech, Lamar said, "the Senator has uttered upon this floor a falsehood--knowing it to be such. —  Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective

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