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Pride is the mask we make of our faults
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
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.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
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.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
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.
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
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.