Famous quotes containing the words joint, log and/or likelihood:
“Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon—the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 7:3.
Jesus.
“What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)