A Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Character Finds Judge Man Ridiculous

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German - Novelist
August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I've had a Japanese judge, a Mexican judge in the past, and they have done some ridiculous scoring.

Carl Froch

Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification-that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly.

John Galt

Man finds happiness only in the superfluous. Under communism, he has only the essentials. How abominable and ridiculous!

Nelson Rodrigues

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to understand the common antithesis of a good writer and a bad man.

Edwin Percy Whipple

He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.

Daniel D. Palmer

A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.

John Bartholomew Gough

We judge individual man and women as we do nations and races -- by the character of their achievement and by their achievement of character.

Edward Abbey

I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.

Norman Schwarzkopf

A Godly leader ... finds strength by realizing his weakness finds authority by being under authority finds direction by laying down his plans finds vision by seeing the needs of others finds credibility by being an example finds loyalty by expressing compassion finds honor by being faithful finds greatness by being a servant

Roy Lessin

Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world who can discernonly law. He finds himself constituted judge of the judge. Strange that it should be necessary to state such simple truths!

Henry David Thoreau

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

Swami Vivekananda

Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President said earlier. He is a decent man. I think everybody who knows him likes him.

Al Gore

To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field - don't judge a person's character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family.