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 With thumb turned.
 [Lat., Verso pollice.]  
 With thumb turned.
 [Lat., Verso pollice.] 
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.
 Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
 Man for something in him we cannot abide.  
 Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
 Man for something in him we cannot abide. 
 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. 
 '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. 
 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. 
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.
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.
 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.