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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.
Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his read more
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.]
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 will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to
There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon 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.
He has no fault except that he has no fault.
[Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]
He has no fault except that he has no fault.
[Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]
