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 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. 
 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. 
 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 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. 
 Mad in the judgment of the mob, sane, perhaps, in yours.
 [Lat., Demens
  Judicio vulgi, sanus fortasse read more 
 Mad in the judgment of the mob, sane, perhaps, in yours.
 [Lat., Demens
  Judicio vulgi, sanus fortasse tuo.] 
 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. 
 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. 
 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.] 
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.