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Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
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.
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.]
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.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
