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Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
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,
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
Pride is the mask we make of our faults
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.
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of
others, and to forget his own.
[Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci
suorum.]
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.