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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.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of read more
It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.
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
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
[Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci
suorum.]
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
