5 Quotes by Francis Bacon about judging

  • Author Francis Bacon
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    The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

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  • Author Francis Bacon
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    Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

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  • Author Francis Bacon
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    Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

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    Judges ought above all to remember the conclusion of the Roman Twelve Tables :The supreme law of all is the weal [weatlh/ well-being] of the people.

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  • Author Francis Bacon
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    Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

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