Judicious

Examples

• Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam, returned Mr. Brocklehurst. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But I forbear descanting further, and rather leave the judicious reader to his own remarks and application. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Under such circumstances a judicious man changes the topic and enters on ground where his own gifts may be more useful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Josiah Franklin's judicious criticism led Benjamin to undertake the well- known plan of developing his literary style. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He is a puppy, your cousin--a quiet, serious, sensible, judicious, ambitious puppy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The great experience of this judicious merchant renders his opinion of considerable weight. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And yet, my friend, sensible and judicious as you are, but partaking of the general infatuation, you seemed to believe it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I did it with two judicious words-- Good-morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His advice will be always judicious, his help always good-natured. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It involves close observation, and judicious selection of what will enable one to do better something which he already is trying to do. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They appear equally virtuous, and recommend themselves equally to the esteem of a judicious spectator. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I think I now see the judicious reader putting on his spectacles to look for the moral. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This was not judicious behavior. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Scarcely a judicious proceeding in a sick-room, with a patient whom it was highly desirable not to excite. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• That I should like to have it is certain: whether it would be judicious or wise is another question. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• You see, said old Osborne to George, what comes of merit, and industry, and judicious speculations, and that. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His lordship the Count affably entered into conversation with Mr. Dawson, and gave his opinions with a judicious freedom. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• With this persuasion I now answered-- As far as I can see, it would be wiser and more judicious if you were to take to yourself the original at once. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• David, I wish to God I had had a judicious father these last twenty years! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I want your opinion as a judicious man--as a man of the world. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• That was judicious,' remarked Perker; 'and what else? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Oh, for some good spirit to suggest a judicious and satisfactory response! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Children, like grown persons, require a judicious amount of being let alone. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Your queries towards the end of your paper appear judicious and worth considering. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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