Censure Quotes

101 quotes by 83 authors

Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth. Without such mindful grief, neither… — David Richo
Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some… — Ezra Pound
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from… — Samuel Johnson
When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist. — Charlotte Lennox
There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died… — George Muller
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand. — Gustav Mahler
Tender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling. — Sri Yukteswar Giri
The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,… — William Blackstone
Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither elated by prosperity… — Nichiren
Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Censure is a limp noodle across the wrist of the president. I think the way we vote on the articles will express the way we… — Larry Craig
Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it… — Ben Hecht
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty. — Bill Bixby
Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves. — Richard Whately
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. — Demosthenes
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause. — David Hume
The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being… — Abraham Lincoln
In these days of intellectual awakening and steadily asserting public opinion, the holy places of the Hindus, their condition, and method of work have not… — Swami Vivekananda
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. — Charlotte Lennox

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