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Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
Love him who tells you your faults in private.
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to read more
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
Never find fault with the absent.
Never find fault with the absent.
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
Confessed faults are half-mended.
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.
