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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.
Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy;
Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
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
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in read more
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
[Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas read more
Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
[Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas les defauts de ses
qualites.]
