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

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

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...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what...

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what...

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to...

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to...

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own...