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Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
 Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
 If he had any faults, he has left us in read more 
 Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
 If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. 
 Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
 Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.  
 Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
 Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I. 
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
 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.] 
 Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our 
own backs.
 [Lat., Suus read more 
 Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our 
own backs.
 [Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:
  Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]