Censure Quotes

101 quotes by 82 authors

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of… — Joseph Addison
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure… — Giacomo Casanova
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready… — Adam Clarke
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. — Thomas Jefferson
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches… — Joseph Addison
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. — Alexander Pope
Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they have intrinsic beauty,… — Luis Walter Alvarez
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. — William Gilmore Simms
Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free… — Alexander Pope
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all… — Tryon Edwards
Abortion... was probably regarded by the average Roman of the later days of Paganism much as Englishmen in the last century regarded convivial excesses, as… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well. — Alexander Pope
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. — Juvenal
Indeed, the term body (jism), organs ('arad), extent (mutahayyiz) and their like are all newly-invented terminologies. We have mentioned many a time before that the… — Ibn Taymiyyah
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. — Patrick Henry
Censure is willingly indulged, because it always implies some superiority: men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper search, or wider survey… — Samuel Johnson
People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them… — Francis Chan
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help. — William Penn
If a man has the assurance within his own heart that he is worthy, and that he is laboring to the best of his ability… — Heber J. Grant
Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it. — Plato

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