2839. Sir John Suckling. 1609-1642. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


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]

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