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.]

Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
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Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.

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.

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.

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

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.

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them

Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the
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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.