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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
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.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
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
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
[Lat., Suus read more
Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
[Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:
Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]
