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Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
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.]
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.
Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,
But, read 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.
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, read more
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, eum ipsum se intueri
oportet.]
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
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more
They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it:
Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
