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His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
 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.] 
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
 Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those 
who denounce what they do themselves.)
 [Lat., read more 
 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?] 
 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.] 
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
 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. 
 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. 
 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.]