Quotes About Judgment

The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event.

No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

Ordinary men commonly condemn what is beyond them.

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.

Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.

A man is known by the company he keeps

A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.

Such as are still observing upon others are like those who are always abroad at other men's houses, reforming everything there while their own runs to ruin.

Nor in the critic let the man be lost.

What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.

I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.

A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound.