Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
People cannot be fair when judging their own actions or interests.
In plain terms
You should not judge yourself in your own case.
What can you take from it?
Avoid judging your own work or disputes.

Where it applies

  • workplace reviews
  • legal disputes
  • self-evaluation

Putting it to work

  • seek third-party opinions
  • recuse yourself when biased

Questions to consider

  • Do you judge yourself fairly?
  • Why do we need referees?

Another view

Sometimes you are the only one who knows your full context.

More from Publilius Syrus

  1. Never promise more than you can perform.

    Permalink to quote #30
  2. Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

    Permalink to quote #32
  3. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

    Permalink to quote #29

Related quotes

  1. Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in pun…

    Margaret FullerMargaret Fuller quote #8
  2. I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last.

    Charlotte BronteCharlotte Bronte quote #11
  3. Like some magistrate grown gray in office, Calmly he contemplates alike the just And unjust, with indifference he notes Evil and good, and knows not wrath nor …

    Aleksandr PushkinAleksandr Pushkin quote #19