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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
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.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his read more
Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front
he has hung a heavy one full of other people's.
[Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.
Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;
Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
