I found this in "Sight Unseen" by Mary Rinehart. Is this a common saying?
2007-03-23 21:55:24 · 4 answers · asked by mack 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Yes
2007-03-23 22:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by myview 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)
2007-03-24 05:03:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello there the quote was made by Sir Walter Scott ; one of the well known literary writer... The quote goes something like this;
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!"
It was from his well known literary work "Marmion"
"Yet Clare's sharp questions must I shun,
Must separate Constance from the nun
Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!
A Palmer too! No wonder why
I felt rebuked beneath his eye; "
I hope that answers your question sweetie...
2007-03-24 05:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by julie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Sir Walter Scott
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive.
John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
NUMBER: 5136
AUTHOR: Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
QUOTATION: Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
ATTRIBUTION: Marmion. Canto vi. Stanza 17.
BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia.
2007-03-24 05:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋