 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.  Bacon's Essays - Page 91by Francis Bacon - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Fortescue, Andrew Amos - Constitutional law - 1825 - 304 pages
...cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, although pertinent. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue." In a... | |
 | Law - 1836 - 522 pages
...discourse; but to weigh. and consider." And he followed another suggestion of that great man, that "Judges ought to be more learned, than witty ; more...than plausible; and more advised, than confident." The original bias, as well as choice, of his mind was to general principles, and comprehensive views,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...which, under pretext of exposition of scripture, doth not stick to add and alter; and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity...he that removeth the landmark." The mislayer of a mere stone is to blame ; but it is the unjust judge that is the capital remover of landmarks, when... | |
 | Scotland - 1834 - 1064 pages
...of misleading him. We never see him but the picture sketched by Lord Bacon is brought before us. " Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Patience and gravity of bearing are an essential part of justice ; and AN OVERSl'EAKINU JUDGE ¡S ПО... | |
 | Watson Adams - Conduct of life - 1834 - 278 pages
...safe, but he that is honest Sir W. Raleigh. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above...things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Lord Bacon. The defending of a bad cause, is worse than the cause itself. The greatest of all injustice... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pages
...discourse ; but to 69 weigh and consider." And he followed another suggestion of that great man, that "Judges ought to be more learned, than witty ; more...than plausible ; and more advised, than confident." The original bias, as well as choice, of his mind was to general principles, and comprehensive views,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 804 pages
...office is jus dicere and not jus „ dare; to interpret law, and not to make or give law — that they ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident — and above all things that integrity is their proper portion and virtue." VOL. rv. w The Constitution... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...which, under pretext of exposition of scripture, doth not stick to add and alter, and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity...he that removeth the landmark." The mislayer of a mere stone is to blame; but it is the unjust judge that is the capital remover of landmarks, when he... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1841 - 436 pages
...gravity of bearing are an essential part of justice; and an over-speaking judge is no well tuned cymbal. Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more...reverend than plausible; and more advised than confident. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar ; or... | |
 | Warren - 1842 - 824 pages
...gravity of bearing are an essential part of justice; and an over-speaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal. Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more...than plausible ; and more advised than confident. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar; or... | |
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