Judgment

Judgment

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 judgment:

    “If you were born to honor, show it now;
    If put upon you, make the judgment good
    That thought you worthy of it.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.”
    —Hippocrates (c. 460–370 B.C.)

    “So often has my judgment deceived me in my life, that I always suspect it, right or wrong,—at least I am seldom hot upon cold subjects. For all this, I reverence truth as much as any body; and ... if a man will but take me by the hand, and go quietly and search for it ... I’ll go to the world’s end with him:MBut I hate disputes.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)