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 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.] 
 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?] 
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.
 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.] 
 It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of 
others, and to forget his own.
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 It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of 
others, and to forget his own.
 [Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci 
suorum.] 
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
 I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I 
know most faults.  
 I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I 
know most faults. 
 Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our 
own backs.
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 Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our 
own backs.
 [Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:
  Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]