I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.
John Adams
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HERMANN HESSE You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JAMES D. MILES You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
MALCOLM FORBES I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch.
TAMER HASSAN Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
NELSON MANDELA I don't know in his office how can he judge my competence. He's got some divine ability?
ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI Judge a man not by his income, but by his outcome.
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HENRY JAMES Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
LORD THOMAS DEWAR Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
THOMAS ROBERT DEWAR Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes
THOMAS DEWAR You must judge a man's greatness by how much he will be missed.
WILL ROGERS Judge not unless you judge yourself
BOB MARLEY Just because a man is dressed in a clean white robe does not mean his heart and hands are clean. Any...
SUZY KASSEM When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
PROVERB When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart
RUSSIAN PROVERB For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of the man.
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) You can judge a man by what he laughs at.
SOURCE UNKNOWN A leader's place is not to judge his people by how much they like him, but to like his people in suc...
SEGUN OLOGE God will never judge me based on how I am treated by another. He does, however, judge me based on my...
VERONICA S. MCCOY It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.
TUPAC SHAKUR I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
GERALD G. JAMPOLSKY I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
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LAMONT JORDAN Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
VOLTAIRE Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers
VOLTAIRE Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.
G. C LICHTENBERG Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
VOLTAIRE I can't judge myself,
ALEXEI SMERTIN Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies
ARABIAN PROVERB It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for.
MARILYNNE ROBINSON It's very frustrating...I can't understand how a touch judge can award a try as it was.
ANDY ROBINSON I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.
JENNIFER LOPEZ Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
VOLTAIRE One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.
OSCAR WILDE Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and th...
JOHN LOCKE Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable a...
JAMES DOBSON Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG I judge the relative strength of a man by how envious they become, of others, who enjoy a measure of...
BARRY MUNRO I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
WILSON MIZNER To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.
GEORGE ELIOT Never judge a person how he died, but how he lived.
RUDOLF JEROME RAGAY „It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON Never judge a man by his umbrella. It may not be his.
ANON. I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge.
SENECA I don't judge people by their accent, or how they word things, or how grammatically correct thei...
LARRY THE CABLE GUY You can judge the validity of any idea or concept by asking Is this true for me?
BRIAN TRACY But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any preceden...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise ...
ALBERT CAMUS Don't judge us by who we are. Judge us by the way we play the game. A champion is a champion based n...
HASSAN BAZZI I don't judge, not even myself.
PHILIP K. DICK Some people say, ‘Do not judge the book by its cover!’ Well, I say not to judge at all. People c...
TOBA BETA Don't judge me by the color of my skin. If you must, judge me from within.
NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN I always judge our recruiting by linemen. I think this has been an exceptional year.
TOMMY TUBERVILLE Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.
EDGARDO OSORIO Never judge a man by his relatives; he didn’t choose them.
VIKRANT PARSAI You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
JOSEPH CONRAD When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness i...
GERALD JAMPOLSKY Judge not a fellow man by the number of noses he has on his face, but by the number of faces he has ...
CHIEF LONG SPEAR WHO HUNTS BEAVERS „It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON Don't judge a man by his controversies. Anyone could find him or herself dealing with issues. What m...
CONSTANCE CHUKS FRIDAY Usually, when you make a decision in life, unless you have access to parallel universes, you can'...
TIBOR FISCHER But I won't judge you if you don't judge me
MORGAN PARKER Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins
INDIAN PROVERB You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
JOSEPH CONRAD One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
KLAUS KINSKI One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
KLAUS KINSKI Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by t...
ABHIJIT NASKAR A judge cannot judge his own case
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CARL WHITE We have to judge ourselves by how hard we play and not by how many points we might win by.
ADAM KITOWSKI You judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens,
KAREN BASS He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason
by chance but he who knows it and can...
FRANCIOUS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
PAUL MCCARTNEY I just try not to judge. Don't judge me, and I won't judge you.
REBA MCENTIRE I define myself by helping others. This is what I do.
Those people who want me to abandon my hu...
DEIRDRE-ELIZABETH PARKER We cannot judge our prayer...by how we feel when we pray, but rather by how we are loving when we li...
KATHERINE MARIE DYCKMAN It's ridiculous, how people judge talent. Or, rather, don't judge. They just default to what everyon...
SIOBHAN VIVIAN How can you judge what you did yesterday for today is a new day, a new page, a new beginning?
REID CHILDS I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great de...
JANE AUSTEN One cannot judge a man for the sins of his family.
CASSANDRA CLARE I know other people might have a different perspective, but I can only judge Frank on how he's treat...
BOBBY HOWARD You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich...
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Everyone has their own path and you can't judge.
JAKE OWEN You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you.
LAURA MARLING I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - unless he ...
MARK TWAIN Judge a man by the comments of his neighbour rather than by the words of his mother.
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ALBERT EINSTEIN I think the judge has been very negative toward the company,
FRANK CAPPIELLO The world belongs to those who know how to love but not how to judge.
DEBASISH MRIDHA I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
SAMUEL ALITO I love being a judge, and I anticipate being a judge for the rest of my life.
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TREVOR RABIN The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.
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JOHN ADAMS I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possess...
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JOHN ADAMS Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
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JOHN ADAMS A government of laws, and not of men.
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JOHN ADAMS Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I h...
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JOHN ADAMS ...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue a...
JOHN ADAMS Jefferson still survivies.
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JOHN ADAMS Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
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JOHN ADAMS The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are th...
JOHN ADAMS No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
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JOHN ADAMS The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the publi...
JOHN ADAMS The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion
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JOHN ADAMS Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.
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JOHN ADAMS Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot conf...
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JOHN ADAMS There is no such thing as human wisdom; all is the providence of God
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JOHN ADAMS This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it
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JOHN ADAMS These bickerings of opposite parties, and their mutual reproaches their declamations, their sing-son...
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JOHN ADAMS Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I h...
JOHN ADAMS Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
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JOHN ADAMS ...I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.
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JOHN ADAMS Borrowed eloquence, if it contains as good stuff, is as good as own eloquence
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JOHN ADAMS The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity
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JOHN ADAMS Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.
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I must j...
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles va...
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS La molesse est douce, et sa suite est cruelle.
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Of all the foundations of establishments for pious or charitable uses, which ever signalized the spi...
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'Tis not with me exactly so;
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