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“Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.”

Men Looks Ends Reason Done Action Wise Events Judging Fool Let Me Former Fool Me

Author:Joseph Hall

“If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.”

Ifs Knows Men Feelings Secret Events Judging Fool Sorrow Tables Notion Know Me Secret Thoughts

Book:The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin

Source: The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin

“To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom.”

Whole Judging Fool Court Boredom Fascination Bamboozle

Book:Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel

Source: Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel

“Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.”

Play Character Actors Roles Judging Fool Motive Justification

Author:Alan Rickman

“Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?”

Inspiration Judging Fool

Author:Michelangelo

“Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up a chunk of rock. He speaks in stones and trees, the bones of things. The squatters in their rags nodded among themselves and were soon reckoning him correct, this man of learning, in all his speculations, and this the judge encouraged until they were right proselytes of the new order whereupon he laughed at them for fools.”

Men Doe Said Book Lying Order Speak Tree Rocks Judging Fool Stones Bones Laughed Speculation Rags Chunks Reckoning Squatters

Book:Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

Source: Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West