Judgement

Judgement

Judgement (or judgment) is the evaluation of evidence in the making of a decision. The term has four distinct uses:

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Famous quotes containing the word judgement:

    Thyself thou gav’st, thy own worth then not knowing,
    Or me, to whom thou gav’st it, else mistaking;
    So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,
    Comes home again, on better judgement making.
    Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter,
    In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    In truth, the care and expense of our fathers aims only at furnishing our heads with knowledge; of judgement and virtue, little news.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.
    Charlotte Brontë (1816–55)