John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2839 Sir John Sukling 1609-1642 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2839 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir John Suckling (1609–1642) |
| QUOTATION: | But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Aglaura. Epilogue. |
| Note 1. ’T is with our judgments as our watches,—none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism, part i. line 9. [back] |