"We are praised or blamed, as the..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
We are praised or blamed, as the one or the other may be expedient, for displaying to advantage our power of discernment.
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More on Judgment
“I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.”
“Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.”
“Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.”
More on Perception
“True words seem false.”
“Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.”
“People say sometimes, "You work in the fastest-moving industry in the world." I don't feel that way. I think I work in one of the slowest. It seems to take forever to get anything done.”