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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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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait,
And from your judgment must expect my fate.

On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait,
And from your judgment must expect my fate.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

by Daniel T. Gilbert Found in: Judgment Quotes,
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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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For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of read more

For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of the man.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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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