Quotes About Judgment

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.

the uncandid censurer always picks out the worst man of a class, and then confidently produces him as being a fair specimen of it.

Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.

A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it.

Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice.

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

He is wise who tries everything before arms.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

Our only valid criteria for judgment are the virtues in the soul who is serving God. Is she humble, detached from personal desires, and is her conscience pure? If so, she is holy.

To say someone is a vision is to pay them a great compliment. If you say that they look a sight it is a grave insult.

Let us look at our own shortcomings and leave other people's alone; for those who live carefully ordered lives are apt to be shocked at everything and we might well learn very important lessons from the persons who shock us. Our

Mirad que no son tiempos de creer a todos, sino a los que viereis van conforme a la vida de Cristo.

Mary: What are you teaching Him at that public high school of yours, Mrs. McElroy? Joshua: She's teaching Me that this town is the armpit of Western civilization.

When most people see an adult skipping they assume it must be on the way either to or from the asylum.

Life is one big judgment call. (And a neverending series of little ones.)