GEMS OF THOUGHT
FAULTS. ) If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate, —Fenelon. Ten thousand of the greatest faults in our neighbours are or less consequence to us than one of the smallest in ourselves— Whately. Well may we feel wounded by our own faults; but we can hardly afford to be miserable for - the faults of others.—Mary Baker Eddy. Great men are very apt to have great faults; and the faults appear the greater by their contrast with their excellencies. —Charles Simmons. What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities. —Addison. But, by all thy nature's weakness, Hidden faults and follies known; Be thou, in rebuking evil, Conscious of thine own. —Whittier.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 October 1942, Page 5
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