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

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

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.

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.]

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.

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.

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?]

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.

There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
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There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
Ere Mercy weeps them out again.

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.]