I know not whether it would be too bold an assertion to say that candor makes capacity.... But in order to try the truth of any ob...servation relating to the mind, the easiest method is to illustrate it by outward objects. If, for instance, a man was to sweat and labor all the days of his life to fill a chest which was already full, the absurdity of his vain endeavor would be glaring. In the same manner, when the human mind is filled and stuffed with notions brought thither by fallacious inclinations, there is no room for truth to enter: candor being banished, passions alone bear the sway.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Yet if strict criticism should till frown on our method, let candor and good humor forgive what is done to the best of our judgmen...t, for the sake of perspicuity in the story and the delight and entertainment of our candid reader.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Thus the reader who hath most truly considered and digested the sentiments which he reads must be a man of the best taste and must... find most pleasure in the perusal of authors worth the reading. It is but to preserve candor enough to keep up an impartial attention and, instead of being actuated by a false shame of ignorance, to know when properly to confess myself a learner, and I have it in my power (as far as my capacity will reach) to command any knowledge that is extant in the whole universe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest... man and to the gentleman.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They talked about "sex problems" with such premature candor, with the enlightened frankness of eunuchs who don't know what they ar...e talking about. Nobody here seemed to see any difference between sex and eroticism.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Partisanship should be kept out of the pulpit.... The blindest of partisans are preachers. All politicians expect and find more ca...ndor, fairness, and truth in politicians than in partisan preachers. They are not replied to--no chance to reply to them.... The balance wheel of free institutions is free discussion. The pulpit allows no free discussion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »