When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.
Virginia WoolfMots clés reading book-lovers bookworms heavenly-rewards judgment
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We think ourselves possessed, or, at least, we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects, and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from these exalted privileges in fact!
John AdamsMots clés judgment
Sì perché l'autorità dell'opinione di mille nelle scienze non val per una scintilla di ragione di un solo, sì perché le presenti osservazioni spogliano d'autorità i decreti de' passati scrittori, i quali se vedute l'avessero, avrebbono diversamente determinato.
For in the sciences the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man. Besides, the modern observations deprive all former writers of any authority, since if they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge.
Mots clés science reason judgment opinion authority observation
I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
Albert CamusMots clés judgment
It doesn't matter what you do. In the end, you are going to be judged, and all the times that you're not at your most dignified are the ones that will be recalled in all their vivid, heartbreaking detail. And then of course these things will be distorted and exaggerated and replayed over and over, until eventually they turn into the essence of you: your cartoon.
Dan ChaonMots clés judgment essence image caricature degradation exaggeration humiliation
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
[Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]
Mots clés truth knowledge judgment arrogance presumption ridicule omniscience pomposity preface-to-brissot-s-address
A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen.
Virginia WoolfMots clés empowerment equality gender poetry men women writing judgment feminism misogyny hypocrisy criticism respect double-standards dignity
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
Coco ChanelMots clés individuality empowerment freedom courage judgment thought self-determination independence speaking-out dignity
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
VoltaireMots clés innocence justice judgment mercy guilt condemnation reasonable-doubt verdict
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
Henry Ward BeecherMots clés inspirational journey judgment personal-growth excellence
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