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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.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.
There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to
There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to
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.
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.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.
Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those
who denounce what they do themselves.)
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Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those
who denounce what they do themselves.)
[Lat., Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditone querentes?]
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them
