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Judgment Quotes - Page 14

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.60, Penguin

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

Ayelet Waldman (2009). “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace”, p.69, Anchor

Wit and judgment often are at strife.

Alexander Pope (1822). “The Works of Alexander Pope”, p.241

This was not judgment day - only morning. Morning: excellent and fair.

William Clark Styron (2013). “The Collected Novels: Lie Down in Darkness, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice”, p.2059, Open Road Media

Wit is the refractory pupil of judgment.

William Shenstone, Samuel Johnson, Robert Dodsley (1807). “Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc”, p.159

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, Edmond Malone (1826). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew”, p.165

The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me.

William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.159

To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.

Sophocles, Robert POTTER (Prebendary of Norwich.) (1813). “The Tragedier of Sophocles; Translated by R. Potter. A New Edition”, p.217

I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me.

Phillip Lopate (2004). “Getting Personal: Selected Writings”, p.143, Basic Books

Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.

"Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 3, Democracy, Consensus and National Interest, p. 96, 1985.