There is a sweet joy which comes to us through sorrow.
Beauty for Ashes, and oil of joy!
And often, glad no more,
We wear a face of joy, because
We have been glad of yore.
Joys season 'd high, and tasting strong of guilt.
JUDGES
(See also Judgment)
A justice with grave justices shall sit:
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.
Art thou a magistrate? then be severe:
If studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd,
Redeem truth from his jaws: if soldier,
Chase brave employments with a naked sword
Throughout the world. Fool not, for all may have
If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.
Male verum examinat ononis
Corruptus judex.
A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.
So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue,
And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce
Lie still without a fee.
Le devoir des juges est de rendre justice, leur metier est de la differer; quelques uns savent leur devoir, et font leur metier.
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.
Bisogna cho i giudici siano assai, perche pocbi sempre fanno a modo de' pochi.
There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.
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| text = <poem>Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum Quserere.
The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Since twelve honest men have decided the cause,
And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.
Pulteney—The Honest Jury. In the Craftsman. Vol. 5. 337. Refers to Sir Philip Yorke's unsuccessful prosecution of The Craftsman. (1792) Quoted by Lord Mansfield.
Si judicas, cognosce: si regnas, jube.
If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command.
Therefore I say again,
I utterly abhor, yea from my soul
Refuse you for my judge; whom, yet once more,
I hold my most malicious foe, and think not
At all a friend to truth.
Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 80.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge,
That no king can corrupt.
Henry VIII. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 100.
Thieves for their robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.
He who the sword of heaven will bear
Should be as holy as severe;
Pattern in himself to know,
Grace to stand, and virtue go;
More nor less to others paying
Than by self-offenses weighing.
Shame to him, whose cruel striking
Kills for faults of his own liking!
