#censure

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. ↗

— Juvenal

#dove #pursues #raven

They were completely vague. They expressed everything and nothing. 'It is the Æolian harp of style,' thought Julien. 'Amid the most lofty thoughts about annihilation, death, the infinite, etc., I can see no reality save a shocking fear of ridicule. ↗

— Stendhal

#peer-pressure #prose #public-censure #death

You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have censured him before the '98 midterm election, and they would have won the election. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#before #censure #censured #democratic #election

In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#drama #food #hatred #highest #highest order

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#afraid #censure #death #dread #fame

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

#both #carefully #censure #force #handled

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#censure #eminent #man #pays #public

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#although #brought #censure #god #happiness

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#ill #praise #understand #worse #you

The Galatians are severely censured for giving heed to false doctrines, and are called to pronounce even an apostle anathema, if he preached another gospel. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#another #apostle #called #censured #doctrines