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I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Men still had faults, and men will have them still;
He that hath none, and lives as angels do,
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Men still had faults, and men will have them still;
He that hath none, and lives as angels do,
Must be an angel.
- Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon,
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.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.
Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.
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
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.
