If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself, you should say: ‘He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.’
Epictetus
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We confess our faults in the plural, and deny them in the singular.
Richard Fulke Grenville
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Wink at small faults; for thou hast great ones.
Thomas Fuller
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We must not be timid from a fear of committing faults: the greatest fault of all is to deprive oneself of experience.
Vauvenargues
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We are not greatly pleased by our friends respecting it good qualities of they also venture to perceive our faults.
Vauvenargues
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