Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Judgement Quotes

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....