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Men still had faults, and men will have them still;
He that hath none, and lives as angels do,
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Men still had faults, and men will have them still;
He that hath none, and lives as angels do,
Must be an angel.
- Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon,
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
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.
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
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[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.]
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from
their own faults.]
[Lat., Ea molestissime read more
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from
their own faults.]
[Lat., Ea molestissime ferre homines debent quae ipsorum culpa
ferenda sunt.]
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
