| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2839 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir John Suckling (16091642) |
| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | 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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