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  • 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 for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later . . . some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie.

    Fear   Lying   Believe  
    'Hugh Selwyn Mauberley' (1920) 'E. P. Ode pour l'èlection de son sèpulcre' pt. 4
  • If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.

    "Could Clinton escape censure, too?". www.cnn.com. December 31, 1998.
  • Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigilant always in the interests of its master to crush any half-formed desire to break away from the herd.

    Crush   Strong   Men  
  • Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.

    Truth   Taken   Should  
    Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.87
  • Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

    Men   Epic Poems   Voice  
    'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58
  • Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"?

    Emily Dickinson (2012). “Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.369, Courier Corporation
  • 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, and we dream of finding new secrets of nature as important and as exciting as those uncovered by our scientific heroes. But we walk a narrow path with pitfalls on either side. If we spend all our time developing equipment, we risk the appellation of "plumber," and if we merely use the tools developed by others, we risk the censure of our peers for being parasitic.

    Dream   Hero   Science  
  • That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.

    World   Facts   Belief  
    "Mitt Romney Just Gave The Biggest Speech Of The 2012 Campaign". Mitt Romney's commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, www.businessinsider.com. May 12, 2012.
  • There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure resolution that seems to me should be considered by the Congress.

    "House managers make case against the president". www.cnn.com. January 14, 1999.
  • 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 in the word politics ....?

    Men   Law   Political  
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.525, Рипол Классик
  • 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 to do good, he can stand up under the condemnation, the criticism and the censure of those by whom he is surrounded.

    Art   Men   Criticism  
  • I think the first order of business after the vote on the articles of impeachment is censure.

    Thinking   Order   Firsts  
  • We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.

    Henry Fielding, Thomas Roscoe (1853). “The Works of Henry Fielding, Complete in One Volume”, p.540
  • There is no defence against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

    "The Works of Joseph Addison".
  • An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.

    Men   Speak   Praise  
  • It has been shrewdly said, that when, men abuse us we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them. It is a rare instance of virtue to despise which censure which we do not deserve; and still more rare to despise praise which we do.

    Men   Abuse   Praise  
    Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.125
  • I'm opposed to censure, .. Whether or not one will be permitted, it's under discussion. It isn't ruled out, but it's not a dead-bang certainty either.

  • Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.

    Strong   Believe   Self  
  • 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 past nor person can be laid to rest.

    Letting Go   Grief   Mean  
    David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.246, Shambhala Publications
  • Self-love makes us deceive ourselves in almost all matters, to censure others, and to blame them for the same faults that we do not correct in ourselves; we do this either because we are unaware of the evil that exists within us, or because we always see our own evil disguised as a good.

    Love   Self   Evil  
  • No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate to me. He may censure me freely and without reserve; but he should remember that I am to act by my deliberation and not his. I ought to exercise my talents for the benefit of others; but that exercise must be the fruit of my own conviction; no man must attempt to press me into the service.

    Exercise   Men   Atheism  
    William Godwin, Kay Codell Carter (1971). “Enquiry concerning political justice: with selections from Godwin's other writings”, Clarendon Press
  • Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes; his life and fortunes had depended on the caprice of a tyrant; and, when he ascended the throne, his pride was sometimes mortified by the reflection that the slaves who would not dare to censure his defects were not worthy to applaud his virtues.

    Hero   Pride   Reflection  
    Edward Gibbon (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)”, p.965, Delphi Classics
  • It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind.

    Home   Men   Practice  
    Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”
  • There are two tendencies in all our war talk.... The first is to boast, if not of ourselves and our deeds, at least of our army, our corps, our regiments. The other is to find fault with, to criticize, to censure, to condemn others. If there is a victory, we gained it and must have the credit of it. If there is a failure, it was the fault of the other fellow,--he must be blamed for it.

    War   Army   Two  
  • Every age might perhaps produce one or two geniuses, if they were not sunk under the censure and obloquy of plodding, servile, imitating pedants.

    Two   Age   Pedants  
    Jonathan Swift (1761). “Works”, p.359
  • Everything here below beneath the sun is subject to continual change; and perhaps there is nothing which can be called more inconstant than opinion, which turns round in an everlasting circle like the wheel of fortune. He who reaps praise today is overwhelmed with biting censure tomorrow; today we trample under foot the man who tomorrow will be raised far above us.

    Men   Circles   Feet  
    E. T. A. Hoffmann (2012). “The Best Tales of Hoffmann”, p.365, Courier Corporation
  • Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.

    'The Hind and the Panther' (1687) pt. 3, l. 1
  • As my object was not myself, I set out with the determination, and happily with the disposition, of not being moved by praise or censure, friendship or calumny, nor of being drawn from my purpose by any personal altercation; and the man who cannot do this, is not fit for a public character.

    Thomas Paine (2016). “THE RIGHTS OF MAN: The French Revolution – Ideals, Arguments & Motives (Political Classic): Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution”, p.214, e-artnow
  • What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.

    Edward Young (1839). “Night thoughts on life, death, and immortality. [Followed by] A paraphrase on part of the book of Job”, p.228
  • Did I, my lines intend for public view,How many censures, would their faults pursue,Some would, because such words they do affect,Cry they're insipid, empty, uncorrect.And many, have attained, dull and untaught,The name of wit, only by finding fault.True judges, might condemn their want of wit,And all might say, they're by a woman writ.

    Views   Names   Judging  
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