My attempt at precisely of 1998, seniors please give your input

[Uncle Majboor]

Original passsge
EXAMINATION- 1998
Lying is indeed an accursed vice. We are men, and we have relations with one another only by speech. If we recognized the horror and gravity of an untruth, we should more justifiably punish it with fire than any other crime. I commonly find people taking the most ill-advised pains to correct their children for their harmless faults, and worrying them about heedless acts which leave no trace and have no consequences. Lying - and in a lesser degree obstinacy - are, in my opinion, the only faults whose birth and progress we should consistently oppose. They grow with a child's growth, and once the tongue has got the knack of lying, it is difficult to imagine how impossible it is to correct it. Whence it happens that we find some otherwise excellent men subject to this fault and enslaved by it. I have a decent lad as my tailor, whom I have never heard to utter a single truth, even when it would have been to his advantage. If, like the truth, falsehood had only one face, we should know better where we are, for we should then take the opposite of what a liar said to be the truth. But the opposite of a truth has a hundred thousand shapes and a limitless field.

The Pythagoreans regard good as certain and finite, and evil as boundless and uncertain. There are a thousand ways of missing the bull's eye, only one of hitting it. I am by no means sure that I could induce myself to tell a brazen and deliberate lie even to protect myself from the most obvious and extreme danger. St Augustine said that we are better off in the company of a dog we know than in that of a man whose language we do not understand. Therefore, those of different nations do not regard one another as men and how much less friendly is false speech than silence.

Solution
Title: Evils of lying
Lying is a cursed sin. It is more punishable than any other crime. Children must be discouraged from lying. Consistent lying becomes a habit that grows stronger with age. This habit is nearly impossible to correct at later stages. Consequently, some good men are habitually liars who lie unnecessarily.
Truth cannot be comprehended as the opposite of lie because lie is multi faced unlike truth. Truth is precise, and lie is unclear and limitless. Social interaction depends solely on lying. St Augustine prefers the company of a silent animal over a man's who speaks an unknown language . Hence , silence is better than lying.

[Norymberskie]

I only started precis writing yesterday. I will try to point out what I think could possibly be a mistake, but please do not consider me an authority on the subject.

The title looks wrong to me. The article doesn't mention even a single evil(consequence) of lying. Even when it mentions that it is impossible to correct a habit of lying, it doesn't mention what's wrong with lying or what evil it can produce. The article only mentions that lying is bad, but doesn't mention any evil of it.

I haven't noticed anything wrong in the precis. Probably you should use habitual instead of habitually.

[Uncle Majboor]

AM very thankful for such detailed analysis.
I have got your point regarding my title. Actually my tirleown focuses on the following extract from passage,
"Truth cannot be comprehended as the opposite of lie because lie is multi faced unlike truth. Truth is precise, and lie is unclear and limitless," but I agree that it doesn't cover the passage entirely. Actually I find it very difficult to find a precise title for an otherwise general passage. Kindly suggest some titles. How about the following ones
1. Lying: a cursed sin
2. The anathema of lying
If possible, please share your solution of this passage
Correction:* social interaction solely depends on speech.

[Blue Blooded]

You should keep in mind 3 things.
1- Profound Vocabulary
2- Intimate concept
3- Error less

[Uncle Majboor]

Thank you for your comments. Can you please help me by pointing out some specific examples from my precis. In this way I can improve it by using these rules

[Norymberskie]

Originally Posted by Uncle Majboor

AM very thankful for such detailed analysis.
I have got your point regarding my title. Actually my tirleown focuses on the following extract from passage,
"Truth cannot be comprehended as the opposite of lie because lie is multi faced unlike truth. Truth is precise, and lie is unclear and limitless," but I agree that it doesn't cover the passage entirely. Actually I find it very difficult to find a precise title for an otherwise general passage. Kindly suggest some titles. How about the following ones
1. Lying: a cursed sin
2. The anathema of lying
If possible, please share your solution of this passage
Correction:* social interaction solely depends on speech.

Interestingly I tried to suggest a title but after thinking for a few minutes I wasn't able to think of a good title.

I read that usually the title is contained in the first or the last sentence of the passage. So your first title should be ok.