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 He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is 
capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.  
 He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is 
capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss. 
 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. 
 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. 
 '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. 
 When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
 Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
  Thy summoning read more 
 When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
 Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
  Thy summoning archangels to proclaim
   Thy dread tribunal. 
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.
 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. 
 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.] 
 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.]