Thus heavenly hope is all serene,

But earthly hope, how bright soe'er,

Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene,

As false and fleeting as 't is fair.

Reginald Heber (1783-1826): On Heavenly Hope and Earthly Hope.

But all was false and hollow; though his tongue

Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear

The better reason, to perplex and dash

Maturest counsels.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 112.

False as dicers' oaths.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Or shipwrecked, kindles on the coast

False fires, that others may be lost.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): To the Lady Fleming.

Framed to make women false.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act i. Sc. 3.

Back to thy punishment,

False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 699.

Vain wisdom all and false philosophy.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 565.

By the glare of false science betray'd,

That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.

James Beattie (1735-1803): The Hermit.

What thou wouldst highly,

That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,

And yet wouldst wrongly win.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 5.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be;

For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all: to thine own self be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3.