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

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
But, read more

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
But, being moody, give him time and scope,
Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,
Confound themselves with working.

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.]

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.]

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,

The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.

His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.

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.]