Quotes About Judgment

I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel. Nevertheless he ought to take care not to misuse this clemency.

Men in general judge more with the eye than with the hand, because everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you seem to be, but few feel what you are. – Constantine translation

One can assess a prince's intelligence by looking at the men with whom he surrounds himself.

Men in general are as much affected by what a thing appears to be as by what it is, indeed they are frequently influenced more by appearances than by reality.

But when they had to form a particular judgment on the men of their own party, they recognized their defects, and decided that individually no one of them was deserving of what, collectively, they seemed entitled to; and being ashamed of them, turned to bestow their honours on those who deserved them. Of

Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, because it belongs to everybody to see you, to few to come in touch with you. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them; and in the actions of all men, and especially of princes, which it is not prudent to challenge, one judges by the result.

prudence consists in knowing how to distinguish the character of troubles, and for choice to take the lesser evil.

People in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, for everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are.

Y el primer juicio que nos formamos sobre la inteligencia de un señor nace de observar a los hombres que le rodean; y cuando son competentes y fieles se le puede considerar siempre sabio, porque ha sabido reconocer su competencia y mantenerlos fieles a él. Pero cuando son de otra manera siempre cabe hacerse de él un juicio que no sea bueno, porque con esa elección comete el primer error.

Todos ven lo que pareces ser, mas pocos saben lo que eres.

The choosing of ministers is a very important matter for a ruler; whether or not they are good depends on whether he is shrewd. The first indications of the intelligence of a ruler are given by the quality of the men around him.

Cada uno ve lo que pareces ser; pero pocos comprenden lo que eres realmente

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

Nowadays, it's an offence even to be innocent in the eyes of the guilty; a person outrages the wicked simply by not joining in!

You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.

Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone.

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong.

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

He was from a different class, too poor, and they would never approve if their daughter became serious with someone like him.

Do not judge the way i show my feelings. It's weird, it's different, but it's true.

He wanted to say that all this talk of feelings was irrelevant. That emotions come and go and can't be controlled, so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

Your going to come across people in your life that say all the right things at the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. it's actions, not words, that matter.

I'm not perfect, either. In the end, it's only God's judgement that matters, and I've learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.