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Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.
People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.
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.
Don't judge me... \'cause you ain't me...
Don't judge me... \'cause you ain't me...
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.
On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait,
And from your judgment must expect my fate.
On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait,
And from your judgment must expect my fate.
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.
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.