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Judgment, Justice: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

I stand for judgment: answer; shall I have it? M.V. iv. 1. Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. H. VI. PT. II. iii. 3. A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!— M. V. iv. 1

To offend and judge, are distinct offices,— M. V. ii. 9.

And of opposed natures. O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.— J. C. iii. 2.

The urging of that word judgment hath bred a kind of— R. III. i. 4.

remorse in me. I charge you by the law, Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar, Proceed to judgment.— M. V. iv. 4

Under your good correction, I have seen, When, after execution, judgment hath Repented o'er his doom.— M. M. ii. 2.

This shows you are above, You justicers, that these poor nether crimes So speedily can venge!— K. L. iv. 2.

O, I were damn'd beyond all depth in hell, But that I did proceed upon just grounds To this extremity.— O. v. 2

All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and all foes The cup of their deservings.— K. L. v. 3

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to scourge us.— K. L. v 3

Thyself shalt see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur'd, Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir'st.— M. V. iv. 1.

And where the offence is, let the great axe fall.— H. iv. 5.

Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it. K. L. iv. 6 In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the law: But 'tis not so above: There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.— H. iii. 3

I do believe, Induc'd by potent circumstances, that You are mine enemy; and make my challenge, You shall not be my judge.— H. VIII. ii. 4.

If I shall be condemn'd Upon surmises; all proofs sleeping else, But what your jealousies await; I tell you, 'Tis rigour, and not law.— W.T. iii. 2

Impartial are our eyes, and ears: Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir, Now by my sceptre's awe I make a vow, Such neighbour nearness to our sacred blood Should nothing privilege him, nor partialize The unstooping firmness of my upright soul.— R. II. i. 1.

He shall have merely justice, and his bond.— M. V. iv. 1.