Anonymous

(by an American Lawyer)

Obscenity is whatever gives a judge an erection.

Anonymous

Ne'er of the living can the living judge -
Too blind the affection, or too fresh the grudge.

The Bibble

New Testament: St Matthew ch.7 v.1

Judge not, that ye be not judge.

Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803-1882

Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

Horace 65-8 BC

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Longfellow Henry Wadsworth 1807-1882

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Mencken H.L. 1880-1956

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Milton John 1608-1674

‘L'Allegro'

With store of ladies, whose bright eyes
Rain influence, and judge the prize
Of wit or arms.

Morrow Dwight 1873-1931

We judge ourselves by our motives and others by their actions.

Perkins Maxwell 1884-1947

I believe the writer ... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have sometimes seen books hurt thereby, but at least as often helped. The book belongs to the author.

Pope Alexander 1688-1744

A perfect judge will read each word of wit with the same spirit that its author writ.

Praed W.M. 1802-1839

‘The Talented Man;
Of science and logic he chatters
As fine and as fast as he can;
Though I am no judge of such matters,
I'm sure he's a talented man.

Publilius Syrus 1 st century BC

Sententiae

The judge is condemned when the guilty party is acquitted.

Read Sir Herbert 1893-1968

International Surrealist Exhibition Catalogue

Do not judge this movement kindly. It is not just another amusing stunt. It is defiant - the desperate act of men too profoundly convinced of the rottenness of our civilization to want to save a shred of its respectability.

Rossini Gioacchino 1792-1868