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Love him who tells you your faults in private.
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to read more
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.
A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them read more
A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.