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