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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of read more
It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
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.]
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
[Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci
suorum.]
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
