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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.
That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself!
But the wallet of the person read more
That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself!
But the wallet of the person in front is carefully kept in view.
[Lat., Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere, nemo!
Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.]
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.]
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
