Faults Quotes
(1 - 10 of 33)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.]
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
The glorious fault of angels and of gods.
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.
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to more
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.
Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
But, 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.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself!
But the wallet of the person more
That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself!
But the wallet of the person in front is carefully kept in view.
[Lat., Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere, nemo!
Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.]
Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each
person's back he has given one full of his 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.]
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, more
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, eum ipsum se intueri
oportet.]
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
more
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.]
