Absurdity Quote by Baron d'Holbach

I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.

— William Shakespeare

Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they…

— Luc de Clapiers

The generality of men are so accustomed to judge of things by their senses that, because the air is indivisible, they ascribe but little…

— Robert Boyle

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . .…

— William Wilberforce

When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless

— John Henry Newman

Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true…

— Al-Ghazali

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things…

— Charles Horton Cooley

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by…

— Anonymous