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Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art. Pietro Aretino
A much-talking judge is like an ill-tuned cymbal. Francis Bacon
An English judge, growing weary of the barrister’s long-winded summation, leaned over the bench and remarked, “I’ve heard your arguments, Sir Geoffrey, and I’m none the wiser!” Sir Geoffrey responded, “That may be, m’Lord, but at least you’re better informed!” Unknown
We cannot judge what we love or have not loved; but we can of what we no longer love. Benson Meas
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity. G. K. Chesterton
Everyone complains of his memory, no one of his judgement. La Rochefoucauld
For one crime which is expiated in prison ten thousand are committed thoughtlessly by those who condemn. Henry Miller
Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves; and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent. Voltaire
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cup-bearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement. Saadi
There is a justice, but we do not always see it. Discreet, smiling, it is there, at one side, a little behind injustice, which makes a big noise. Jules Renard
It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination. George Santayana
Justice is the very last thing of all wherewith the universe concerns itself. It is equilibrium that absorbs its attention. Maurice Maeterlinck
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it. Oscar Wilde
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than the torture of laws. Francis Bacon
When you cannot be just through virtue, be so through pride. Eugenio Maria De Hostos
Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment. Emerson
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous. Joseph Roux
It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause. Pascal
What makes it so difficult to do justice to others is, that we are hardly sensible of merit, unless it falls within our own views and line of pursuit; and where this is the case, it interferes with our own pretensions. William Hazlitt
Statistics are no substitute for judgement. Henry Clay
Judges commonly are elderly men, and are more likely to hate at sight any analysis to which they are not accustomed, and which disturbs repose of mind, than to fall in love with novelties. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. Adolph Hitler
Such as every man is inwardly so he judges outwardly. Thomas A Kempis
A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. Goethe
To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer. John Donne
The judge: Now, as we begin, I must ask you to banish all present information and prejudice from your minds, if you have any… Source: Courtroom transcript
He, who the sword of heaven will bear, should be as holy as severe. Shakespeare
Keep alive the light of justice, and much that men say in blame will pass you by. Euripides
The judgment is a utensil proper for all subjects, and will have an oar in everything. Montaigne
Our natural egoism leads us to judge people by their relations to ourselves. We want them to be certain things to us, and for us that is what they are; because the rest of them are no good to us, we ignore it. Somerset Maugham
Many have justice in their hearts, but slowly it is let fly, for it comes not without council to the bow. Dante
There are two kinds of lawyers, those that know the law and those that know the judge. Unknown
He, who treats his friends and enemies alike, has neither love nor justice. Robert G. Ingersoll
The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal. Charles Caleb Colton
There is an ancient saying; famous among men that they should not judge fully of a man’s life before his death, whether it should be called blessed or wretched. Sophocles
I have the greatest respect for the judiciary, as fine a lot I’ve come across and indignant men as you’ll find anywhere. Finney Peter Dunne
We are firm believers in the maxim that for all right judgement of any man or thing it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad. Thomas Carlyle
You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad
It’s perfectly obvious that somebody’s responsible and somebody’s innocent. Otherwise Justice makes no sense at all. Ugo Betti
The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do. Voltaire
We easily enough confess in others an advantage of courage, strength, experience, activity, and beauty; but an advantage in judgment we yield to none. Montaigne
Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused. Max Beerbohm
Fast and firm justice usually contains an element of prejudice. Unknown
The trial is not fair where affection is judge. Thomas Fuller
In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue. Napoleon
