William Warburton Quotes


A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide.


Citations

Warburton, William. Quoted in Day's Collacon: An Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations, compiled by Edward Parsons Day, International Printing and Publishing Office, 1884, p. 493.

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William Warburton
William Warburton
  • Born: December 24, 1698
  • Died: June 7, 1779
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Critic

William Warburton was an English writer, literary critic and churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1759 until his death. He edited editions of the works of his friend Alexander Pope, and of William Shakespeare.