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Judging Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common fashion), it is…
- And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man…
- We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
- We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.
- Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to monarchy do the…
- Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise.
- Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see…
- Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to…
- Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.
More Judging Quotes
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right… — Michele Bachmann
- I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? — Douglas Adams
- What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who… — Michele Bachmann
- Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than… — Francis Bacon
- Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. — Francis Bacon
- Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. — Francis Bacon
- The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
- Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is… — Francis Bacon
- Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines. — Alec Baldwin