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Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.
Never find fault with the absent.
Never find fault with the absent.
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them read more
A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being read more
They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
