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    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.

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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.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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Mad in the judgment of the mob, sane, perhaps, in yours.
[Lat., Demens
Judicio vulgi, sanus fortasse read more

Mad in the judgment of the mob, sane, perhaps, in yours.
[Lat., Demens
Judicio vulgi, sanus fortasse tuo.]

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What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent
of the undertaking and the accomplishment read more

What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent
of the undertaking and the accomplishment of your wish?
[Lat., Quid tam dextro pede concipis ut te conatus non poeniteat
votique peracti?]

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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.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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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.]

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We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the
process by which results are arrived at.

We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the
process by which results are arrived at.

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Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.

Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.

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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.

by John Gay Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]

With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]

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