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 Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry,
 Safe in the inner fold;
  And maybe they hear, and read more 
 Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry,
 Safe in the inner fold;
  And maybe they hear, and wonder why,
   And marvel, out in the cold. 
 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
 Go just alike, yet each believes his own.  
 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
 Go just alike, yet each believes his own. 
 We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of 
judgment.
 [Fr., On est quelquefois un sot read more 
 We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of 
judgment.
 [Fr., On est quelquefois un sot avec de l'esprit; mais on ne 
l'est jamais avec du jugement.] 
People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.
People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.
 So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
 The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.  
 So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
 The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more. 
 We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others 
judge us by what we have already read more 
 We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others 
judge us by what we have already done. 
 Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's 
judgment.  
 Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's 
judgment. 
 Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be 
right, your reasons are sure to be wrong.  
 Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be 
right, your reasons are sure to be wrong. 
 We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the 
process by which results are arrived at.  
 We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the 
process by which results are arrived at.