#judgment

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#either #eyes #fathers #judgment #looked

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#discretion #judgment #occasions #required #upon

I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#always #apart #appearances #because #begin

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#good #good judgment #great #her #hope

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

#definition #itself #judging #judgment #long

You understand nothing," I told him with a weary shake of the head, but I would not try to make him understand. That there was no justification for it: the murder of another, no matter how vile. We had all been wrong and, blackest of ironies, I had known this to hold that precious and wondrous thing, life, in my hands. To hold it in my hands before I destroyed it. ↗

— Krisi Keley

#life #murder #vampires #life

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bias #compassion #comprehension #discernment #fear

One reason we rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgment, and love to revel in our righteous outrage, is that it spares us from the impotent pain of empathy, and the harder, messier work of understanding. ↗

— Tim Kreider

#judgment #understanding #love

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day. ↗

— Albert Camus

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It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips. ↗

— Mark Twain

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