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Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.
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.]
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
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.]
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them