Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon 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.

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

His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.

His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.

Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.

Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

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.]

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.]