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Pride is the mask we make of our faults
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
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.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
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.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
