People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

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.

Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

In other men we faults may spy,
And blame the mote that dims their eye;
Each little read more

In other men we faults may spy,
And blame the mote that dims their eye;
Each little speck and blemish find,
To our own stronger errors blind.

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.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one read more

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

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.

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.]