Quotes About Judgment

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice.

Where would the world be if we took every man to book? There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best- in a way that cost them nothing.

Morality is decided by the victors

The past, which as always did not know the future, acted in ways that ask tobe imagined before they are condemned. Or even simplified.

if you get married they think you're finished and if you are without a woman they think you're incomplete.

Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.

Just because you can, doesn't necessarily mean that you should!

Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time.

The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may have a bright side...

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one way; wisdom is looking in both directions anyway.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.