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    Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
    person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front
    he has hung a heavy one full of other people's.
    [Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.
    Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;
    Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]

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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.

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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
[Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas read more

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
[Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas les defauts de ses
qualites.]

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Faults Quotes,
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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.

by T. S. Eliot Found in: Faults Quotes,
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The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them

by John Ruskin Found in: Faults Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Pride is the mask we make of our faults

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

by Hebrew Proverb Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those
who denounce what they do themselves.)
[Lat., read more

Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those
who denounce what they do themselves.)
[Lat., Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditone querentes?]

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