‘With his mouth was he full of Yea, in his heart full of Nay?’ (Babylonian. ERE v. 446) ‘I have not spoken falsehood.’ (Ancient Egyptian. Confession of the Righteous Soul. ERE v. 478) ‘I sought no trickery, nor swore false oaths.’ (Anglo-Saxon. Beowulf, 2738) ‘The Master said, Be of unwavering good faith.’ (Ancient Chinese. Analects, viii. 13) ‘In Nástrond (= Hell) I saw the perjurers.’ (Old Norse. Volospá 39) ‘Hateful to me as are the gates of Hades is that man who says one thing, and hides another in his heart.’ (Greek. Homer. Iliad, ix. 312) ‘The foundation of justice is good faith.’
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