Title poem, section IV.
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
“Most often we are judging not others, but rather our own faculties in others.”
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869) French literary critic
Le plus souvent nous ne jugeons pas les autres, mais nous jugeons nos propres facultés dans les autres.
Œuvres choisies (Paris: A. Hatier, 1934) p. 774; Andrew George Lehmann Sainte-Beuve (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962) p. 301.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Source: Discipleship (1937), The Disciple and Unbelievers, p. 185.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer book The Cost of Discipleship
Source: Discipleship (1937), The Disciple and Unbelievers, p. 185.
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
this is a line spoken by Frank Morgan's depiction of the Wizard of Oz in the 1939 film, which debuted 20 years after Baum's death. It did not actually appear in the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The ending of "Steam Engines of Oz" wrongly attributes this phrase to Baum when it would've originated from the 1939 adaptation script writers Langley/Ryerson/Woolf.
Misattributed
Variant: A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
Source: The Social Contract and Discourses
Glacier Kwong (1996) Hong Kong human rights activist
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 38 Glacier Kwong https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-05-04/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-38/ (4 May 2021)
