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    Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly
    deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious of preferments in
    the courts of princes; they who make use of poison to show their
    skill in curing it; and they who intrust women with their
    secrets.

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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.]

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For every event is a judgment of God.
[Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.]

For every event is a judgment of God.
[Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.]

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My friend, judge not me,
Thou seest I judge not thee;
Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,
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My friend, judge not me,
Thou seest I judge not thee;
Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,
Mercy I askt, mercy I found.

by William Camden Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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Cruel and cold is the judgment of man,
Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;
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Cruel and cold is the judgment of man,
Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;
But by-and-by will the deed and the plan
Be judged by the motive that lieth below.

by Lewis J. Bates Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of read more

For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of the man.

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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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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.

by Sir James Mansfield Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having read more

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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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.

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