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Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

— Matthew Prior

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✓Similar Perspectives

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

— Saskya Pandita

Be kind, don't judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.

— Jasmine Guinness

Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues.

— William A. Dembski

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

— Satchel Paige

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

— Friedrich Schiller

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

— Antisthenes

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

— Mary Harris Jones

✗Opposing Perspectives

Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant.

— Saint Basil

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

— Mason Cooley