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 Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than 
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all read more 
 Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than 
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, 
integrity is their portion and proper virtue. 
 There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of 
few.
 [It., Bisogna che i read more 
 There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of 
few.
 [It., Bisogna che i giudici siano assai, perche pochi sempre 
fanno a modo de' pochi.] 
I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.
I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.
 Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
 That no king can corrupt.  
 Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
 That no king can corrupt. 
 It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, 
according to the golden read more 
 It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, 
according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the 
crooked cord of discretion. 
 He who the sword of heaven will bear
 Should be as holy as severe;
  Pattern in himself read more 
 He who the sword of heaven will bear
 Should be as holy as severe;
  Pattern in himself to know,
   Grace to stand, and virtue go;
    More nor less to others paying
     Than by self-offenses weighing.
      Shame to him whose cruel striking
       Kills for faults of his own liking. 
When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it and leave it there.
When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it and leave it there.
 Since twelve honest men have decided the cause,
 And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.  
 Since twelve honest men have decided the cause,
 And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws. 
 I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two 
thousand sesterces. How is it that you read more 
 I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two 
thousand sesterces. How is it that you have sent me only a 
thousand? "You said nothing," you tell me; "and this cause was 
lost through you." You ought to give me so much the more, 
Sextus, as I had to blush for you.