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Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.
Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.
Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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.]
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
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There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
Ere Mercy weeps them out again.
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.
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.
Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly
deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious read more
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.
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.]