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Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
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.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others
judge us by what we have already read more
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others
judge us by what we have already done.
Cruel and cold is the judgment of man,
Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;
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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.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
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?]
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.]
'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.
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]