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Judgment Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
- Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.
- Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native…
- It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
- It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent.
More Judgment Quotes
- So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells… — Walter Bagehot
- The more one judges, the less one loves. — Honore de Balzac
- Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. — Isaac Barrow
- A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease… — Georges Bataille
- A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. — Jean Baudrillard
- If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something… — Beck
- As the heat of the coal differs from the coal itself, so do memory, perception, judgment, emotion, and will, differ from the… — Annie Besant
- The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government. — Grace Abbott
- You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to… — Joe Biden
- About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. — Josh Billings
- In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house. — Aeschylus
- It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. — Erma Bombeck