“Judge not, before you judge yourself.
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Song lyrics, Judge Not (single, 1961)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, P. 554.
“Judge not, before you judge yourself.
Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Song lyrics, Judge Not (single, 1961)
“Thou are a better counsellor to others
Than to thyself: I judge by deeds not words.”
Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 335–336 (tr. G. M. Cookson)
“Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
NASB, John 7:24
Variant translation: Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment. (NIV)
Variants of major statements
Constantin Brunner (1862–1937) German philosopher
The Tyranny of Hate: The Roots of Antisemitism : A Translation into English of Memsheleth Sadon (1992), p. 18
“"Here come's the Judge! On Judgment Day, he homers to [location]!*" (Aaron Judge)-->”
John Sterling (1938) Sports broadcaster
Specific home run calls
“Those who have judgment use it as much as in judging stones as in judging men.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
“It is you who judges who you are. In this way, the judgment is accurate.”
Isidro A. T. Savillo (1959) Filipino biologist
Impermanence of Sexual Phenotypes, Biologybrowser.org, 2010-01-18 http://biologybrowser.org/node/1375127,
Ludovico Ariosto book Orlando Furioso
A me non par che ben deciso,
Né che ben giusto alcun giudicio cada,
Ove prima non s'oda quanto nieghi
La parte o affermi, e sue ragioni alleghi.
Canto XXXII, stanza 101 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“Our ignorance of the event saved us all from being judged on Judgment Day.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
