Advantage Quote by Samuel Johnson

“IT is not easy—perhaps not even desirable—to judge other people by a consistent standard. Conduct obnoxious, even unbearable, in one person may be readily…

— Anthony Powell

Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application…

— Man Ray

“Judgment is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought…

— John Stuart Mill

We judge of others for the most part by their good opinion of themselves; yet nothing gives such offense or creates so many enemies,…

— William Hazlitt

“the ultimate standard, by which we determine all disputes, that may arise concerning them, is always derived from experience and observation. Where this experience…

— Christopher Hitchens

In order to avoid contention, never contradict anyone, except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradict…

— Louis IX of France

Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

— Charles Spurgeon

If no one considered himself superior, what would there be to quarrel about?

— Senoraroy

“Severe punishment unquestionably has an immediate effect in reducing a tendency to act in a given way. This result is no doubt responsible for…

— B.F. Skinner

“Sir, as men become in a high degree refined, various causes of offence arise; which are considered to be of such importance, that life…

— Samuel Johnson

I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do…

— Anonymous