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Human judgment of human actions is true and void , that is to say, first true and then void.... the judgment of the word is true, the judgment in itself is void.... only he who is a party can really judge, but as a party he cannot judge. hence it follows that there is no possibility of judgment in the world, only a glimmer of it.
-Franz Kafka
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Human Judgment Of Human Actions Is True

Franz Kafka
Human judgment of human actions is true and void , that is to say, first true and then void.... the judgment of the word is true, the judgment in itself is void.... only he who is a party can really judge, but as a party he cannot judge. hence it follows that there is no possibility of judgment in the world, only a glimmer of it.
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