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    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.

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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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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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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

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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

by Jane Austen 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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How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Faults Quotes,
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I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I
know most faults.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I
know most faults.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Faults Quotes,
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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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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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