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title: "19 Judging Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson"
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> [A Judge may be a farmer; but he is not to geld his own pigs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-judge-may-be-a-farmer-but-he-is-not-to-geld-his-own-pigs/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-judge-of-man-s-wisdom-by-his-hope/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/men-over-forty-are-no-judges-of-a-book-written-in-a-new-spirit/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-man-is-entitled-to-be-valued-by-his-best-moment/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [A man cannot speak but he judges himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-majority-or-by-the-minority-by-2/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-judge-others-by-their-actions-but-we-judge-ourselves-by-our/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-takes-a-good-deal-of-character-to-judge-a-person-by-his-future/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope, knowing that the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-judge-of-a-man-s-wisdom-by-his-hope-knowing-that-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The good judge is not he who does hair-splitting justice to every allegation, but who, aiming at substantial justice, rules something intelligible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-good-judge-is-not-he-who-does-hair-splitting-justice-to-every/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shall-we-then-judge-a-country-by-the-majority-or-by-the-minority-by/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Necessity does everything well. In our condition of universal dependence, it seems heroic to let the petitioner be the judge of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/necessity-does-everything-well-in-our-condition-of-universal/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-doubt-to-a-man-of-sense-travel-offers-advantages-as-many-languages/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-true-that-the-discerning-intellect-of-the-world-is-always-much/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-judge-weighs-the-arguments-and-puts-a-brave-face-on-the-matter/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-the-duty-of-men-to-judge-men-only-by-their-actions-our/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The rage for road building is beneficent for America, where vast distance is so main a consideration in our domestic politics andtrade,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-rage-for-road-building-is-beneficent-for-america-where-vast/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/at-the-gates-of-the-forest-the-surprised-man-of-the-world-is-forced/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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## Other authors on Judging

## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson

> [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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