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Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I
know most faults.
I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I
know most faults.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
[Lat., Suus read more
Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
[Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:
Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.
Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, read more
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, eum ipsum se intueri
oportet.]
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
He has no fault except that he has no fault.
[Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]
He has no fault except that he has no fault.
[Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]