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I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to
There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to
 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.] 
 Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
 If he had any faults, he has left us in read more 
 Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
 If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. 
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
 Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those 
who denounce what they do themselves.)
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 Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those 
who denounce what they do themselves.)
 [Lat., Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditone querentes?] 
 Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
 When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
  But, read more 
 Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
 When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
  But, being moody, give him time and scope,
   Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,
    Confound themselves with working. 
 Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
 Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.  
 Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
 Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.