Francis Bacon Quotes About Judging
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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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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
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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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Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
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Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
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A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.
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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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Francis Bacon
- Born: January 22, 1561
- Died: April 9, 1626
- Occupation: Former Lord Chancellor
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