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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]