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Judgment: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
To offend, and judge, are distinct offices And of opposed natures.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act II. Sc. 9. L. 61.
What is my offence? Where are the evidence that do accuse me? What lawful quest have given their verdict up Unto the frowning judge?— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 187.
Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.— SOCRATES
On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate.— ADDISON — A Poem to His Majesty. L. 21.
Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below.— LEWIS J. BATES — By-and-By.
Mortal vision is a grievous bar To weigh true worth. S.— GEO. H. BOKER — To the Memory of M. A. R. L. 8.
Next to sound Judgment, Diamonds and Pearls are the rarest things to be met with.— DE LA BRUYÈRE — The Characters or
Manners of the Present Age. Of Judgments. My friend, judge not me, Thou seest I judge not thee; Betwixt the stirrup and the ground, Mercy I askt, mercy I found.— CAMDEN — Remaines Concerning
Britaine. 1637. P. 392. Woe to him, *** who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment.— CARLYLE — Essays. Mirabeau.
Be kind to my remains; and O, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend!— DRYDEN — Epistle to Congreve. L. 72.
We judge others according to results; how else?-not knowing the process by which results are arrived at.— GEORGE ELIOT — The Mill on the Floss. Bk. VII. Ch. II.
In other men we faults can spy, And blame the mote that dims their eye; Each little speck and blemish find, To our own stronger errors blind.— GAY — The Turkey and the Ant. Pt. I. Pt. I. L. 1.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reck'ning, and men smile no more.— GAY — The What D'ye Call It. Act II. Sc. 9.
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.— PATRICK HENRY — Speech on the Virginia
Convention. 1775. He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss. C.— LOCKE — Human Understanding. Bk. II. Ch. XXI.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.— LONGFELLOW — Kavanagh. Ch. I.
When thou attended gloriously from heaven, Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. III. L. 323.
There written all Black as the damning drops that fall From the denouncing Angel's pen, Ere Mercy weeps them out again.— MOORE — Lalla Rookh. Paradise and the Peri. St. 28.
'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.— POPE — Essay on Criticism. L. 9.
For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges alike of the facts and the laws.— WILLIAM PULTENEY — The Honest Jury.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a Man for something in him we cannot abide.— JOHN SELDEN — Table Talk. Judgments.
For I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.— SENECA — On a Happy Life. Ch. I.
We shall be judged, not by what we might have been, but what we have been.— SEWELL — Passing Thoughts on Religion.
Sympathy in Gladness. A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 223.
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act III. Sc. 3. Sc. 3. L. 31.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 68.
He that of greatest works is finisher Oft does them by the weakest minister: So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown, When judges have been babes.— Shakespeare — All's Well That Ends Well. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 139.
How would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are?— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 76.
I charge you by the law, Whereof you are a well deserving pillar, Proceed to judgment.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 238.
I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act III. Sc. 13. L. 31.
I stand for judgment: answer: shall I have it?— Shakespeare — S. Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 103.
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! Julius Cæsar. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 109- The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try. и.— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 19.
• The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me.— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 109.
What we oft do best, By sick interpreters, once weak ones, is Not ours, or not allow'd; what worst, as oft, Hitting a grosser quality, is cried up For our best act.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 81.
But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments.— SIR JOHN SUCKLING — Aglaura.
Fundamenta justitiæ sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut communi utilitati serviatur. The foundations of justice are that no one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.— CICERO — De Officiis. I. 10.
Justitia suum cuique distribuit. Justice renders to every one his due.— CICERO — De Legibus. I. 15.
Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse servandam. Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.— CICERO — De Natura Deorum. III. 15.
Summum jus, summa injuria. Extreme justice is extreme injustice.— CICERO — De Officiis. I. 10.
Quid non ebrietas designat? Operta recludit; Spes jubet esse ratas; in prælia trudit inermem. What does drunkenness not accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle. C.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 5. 16.
Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania. Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.— SENECA — Epistolæ Ad Lucilium.
Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum Quærere. The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.— OVID — Tristium. I. 1. 37.
Paucite paucarum diffundere crimen in omnes. Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.— OVID — Ars Amatoria. III. 9.
Nam mala emptio semper ingrata est, eo naxime, quod exprobrare stultitiam domino idetur. For a dear bargain is always annoying, particularly on this account, that it is a reflection on the judgment of the buyer. PLINY the Younger-Epistolæ. I. 24. Qui statuit aliquid, parte inauditâ alterâ, Equum licet statuerit, haud æquus fuerit. He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just.— SENECA — Medea. CXCIX.
Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube. If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command.— SENECA — Medea. CXCIV.
Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis. He hurts the good who spares the bad.— SYRUS — Maxims.
Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur. The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.— SYRUS — Maxims.
Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, Neque enim lex est æquior ulla, ferme finis inclinat. Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning; and fall off toward the end.— TACITUS — Annales. XV. 31.
On est quelquefois un sot avec de l'esprit; mais on ne l'est jamais avec du jugement. We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of judgment.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Maximes. 456.
Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurtheil. For every event is a judgment of God.— SCHILLER — Wallenstein's Tod. I. 7. 32.
Bisogna che i giudici siano assai, perchè pochi sempre fanno a modo de' pochi. There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.— MACHIAVELLI — Dei Discorsi. I. 7.