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Sir Roger told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgement rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
There is sometimes a greater judgement shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them; andthere ismore beauty inthe works of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.
A good rider may often be thrown from his horse, And climb on once again to face forward his course, Which is how I went forward myself on my way, And come,Christ, and give me my true judgment day.
Learned mendo many times fail to observe decency and discretion in their behaviour and carriage, so as the vulgar sort of capacities do make a judgment of them in greater matters by that which they find them wanting in smaller. 46
Men of business have a solid judgment, a wonderful guessing power of what isgoing to happen, each in his own trade, but they have never practised themselves in reasoning out their judgments and in supporting their guesses byargument; probably if they did so, some of the finer and correcter parts of their anticipations would vanish.
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and theThummim; and thy shall be upon Aaron's heart, whenhegoethinbeforetheL: and Aaronshall bear thejudgment ofthe childrenof Israel uponhisheart before the L continually.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Rejoice,O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
But I say unto you,That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say,Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
The queenofthesouth shall riseup inthejudgment with thisgeneration, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.
Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.
'Tis the Last Judgement's fire must cure this place, Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free.
The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgementssuccess.
N'attendez pas le jugement dernier. Il a lieu tous les jours. Do not wait for the last judgment. It happens every day.
Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car.You would call that not a disease but an error of judgement.
I expect a judgement. Shortly.
Ample make this Bed Make this Bed with Awe In it wait till Judgement break Excellent and Fair.
Les beaute s ont, dans les arts, le me" me fondement que les ve rite s dans la philosophie.Qu'est-ce que la ve rite ? La conformite de nos jugements avec les e" tres. Qu'est-ce que la beaute d'imitation? La conformite de l'image avec la chose. Beauty has in art the same foundation as does truth in philosophy. What is the truth? The conformity of our judgements with beings. What is the beauty of imitation? The conformity of the image with the thing.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has all the evidence. It biases the judgement.
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi,'tisno matter whatthey think; theyare sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong: their judgement is a mere lottery.
For who can be secure of private right, If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might? Nor is the people's judgement always true: The most may err as grossly as the few. 290
What judgement I had increases rather than diminishes; and thoughts, such as theyare, come crowding in so fast uponme, that myonlydifficulty isto choose or reject; to run them into verse or give them the other harmony of prose.
For thof ye had as wise a snout on As Shakespeare or Sir Isaac Newton, Your judgement fouk wou'd hae a doubt on, I'll tak myaith, Till they cou'd see ye wi'a suit on O'gude Braid Claith.
Religion is far more acute than science, and if it only added judgement to insight, would be the greatest thing in the world.
Ican't act.Ihaveneveracted. And Ishall neveract.What I do is suspend myaudience's power of judgement till I've finished.
Some of the sharpest men in argument are notoriously unsound in judgment.
To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery, and to suppose that the encomiast always knows and feels the falsehood of his assertions, issurely to discover great ignorance of human nature and human life. In determinations depending not on rules, but on experience and comparison, judgement is always to some degree subject to affection.Very near to admiration is the wish to admire.
It might have been supposed that competition between expert professionals, possessing judgement and knowledge beyond that of the average private investor, would correct the vagaries of the ignorant individual left to himself. It happens, however, that the energies and skills of the professional investor and speculator are mainly occupied elsewhere. For most of these persons are, in fact, largely concerned, not with making superior long-term forecasts of the probable yield on an investment over its whole life, but with foreseeing changes in the conventional bias of valuation a short time ahead of the general public This battle of wits to anticipate the basis of conventional valuation a few months hence, rather than the prospective yield of an investment over a long term of years, does not even require gulls amongst the public to feed the maws of the professional; it can be played by professionals amongst themselves.
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till earth and sky stand presently at God's great Judgement seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand facetoface, tho'theycome from the ends of the earth.
England shall bide till Judgement Tide By Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
If there be not in her, a proud mind, a crafty wit, and an indurate heart against God and his truth, my judgment faileth me.
The only way to escape misrepresentation is never to commit oneself to any critical judgement that makes an impactthat is, never say anything.
Thus methinks should men of judgement frame Their means of traffic from the vulgar trade, And as their wealth increaseth, so enclose Infinite riches in a little room.
Our eyes are sentinels unto our judgements And should give certain judgement what they see; But theyare rash sometimes and tell us wonders Of common things, which when our judgements find, They can then check the eyes and call them blind.
Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgement equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.
I will confer with thee somewhat gravely, although thou beest a goosecap and hast no judgement.
Das moralische Urteilen undVerurteilen ist die Lieblings- Rache der Geistig-Beschr a« nkten an denen, die es weniger sind. Moral judgement and condemnation is the favourite form of revenge of the spiritually limited on those who are less so.
Hills of the North, rejoice: Rivers and mountain-spring, Hark to the advent voice! Valleyand lowland, sing! Though absent long, your Lord is nigh, He judgement brings, and victory.
First follow Nature, and your judgement frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force and beauty must to all impart, At once the source and end and test of art.
Was man scheint, Hat jedermann zum Richter; was man ist, hat keine. What we appear to be is subject to the judgement Of all mankind, and what we truly are, of no one.
Too manypass judgement on wartime decisions in the luxury of a peacetime environment.
Most people are relieved to find a superior on whose judgment they can rest. That, indeed, is the difference between most people and Generals.
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