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 He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
 [Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]  
 He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
 [Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.] 
 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.] 
 Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from 
their own faults.]
 [Lat., Ea molestissime read more 
 Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from 
their own faults.]
 [Lat., Ea molestissime ferre homines debent quae ipsorum culpa 
ferenda sunt.] 
 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. 
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.
 Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
 [Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas read more 
 Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
 [Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas les defauts de ses 
qualites.] 
 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.] 
 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.] 
 Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the 
failings he has the quickest eye for read more 
 Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the 
failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be 
the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be 
their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout 
as a rival.