To have the power to forgive,
Is empire and prerogative,
And 'tis in crowns a nobler gem,
To grant a pardon than condemn. [ Butler ]

Condemn the fault, but not the actor. [ William Shakespeare ]

They condemn what they do not understand. [ Quinct ]

Better understand the world than condemn it. [ Gaelic Proverb ]

It is easy to condemn; it is better to pity. [ Abbott ]

We condemn vice and extol virtue only through interest. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

To condemn a just commendation, is to kick at a kindness. [ Proverb ]

Should we condemn ourselves to ignorance to preserve hope? [ E. Souvestre ]

Justice will not condemn even the devil himself wrongfully. [ Proverb ]

To condemn the poor because of his poverty, is to affront God's providence. [ Proverb ]

I was too hasty to condemn unheard; and you perhaps too prompt in your replies. [ Dryden ]

Mediocre minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

I see the right, and I approve it too; condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue. [ Ovid ]

Minds of moderate calibre ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

It is as difficult to condemn illicit loves by the laws of nature, as it is easy by human laws. [ Montaigne ]

Men of limited intelligence generally condemn everything that is above their power of understanding. [ La Roche ]

There is an eloquent silence which serves to approve or to condemn: there is a silence of discretion and of respect. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

What a cruel jest it would be to condemn those who continually boast of their virtues, to the strict practice of what they profess! [ De Finod ]

Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times? [ Montaigne ]

The gracious and self-sacrificing and womanly women of our revolution wore dresses cut lower than those of their great-granddaughters, as any portrait gallery will show. The dress is indefensible, but let us not be too ready to condemn the wearer for worse sins than thoughtlessness and vanity. [ Mrs. L. G. Calhoun ]