of Estimate
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. Niccolò Machiavelli
There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect. John Muir
As proposals for estimating the social scarcity prices of natural resources remain contentious, economic accountants ignore them and governments remain wary of doing anything about them. Partha Dasgupta
The shaping influence of economic change can of course be distinguished, as most notably in the period with which this book is concerned. But the difficulty lies in estimating the final importance of a factor which never, in practice, appears in isolation. Raymond Williams
The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim's cheque-books. Silas Weir Mitchell
Thus, not merely what it can do, but the rate at which it can do it, has to be considered in estimating the value of photography as an ally in astronomy. Agnes Mary Clerke