In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you’ve heard the other side.

Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)

I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned.

ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I’ve heard only one half the argument. (…) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once...

Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.

Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.

[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different men – and learned men among them – have been and are...

A good judge is not one who is impartial, but one who has prejudice for good.

Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its own interest first and twists every argument, word, even fact...