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Ovid Poet
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"It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent."

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Lewis Carroll Author, Mathematician
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"One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault - you could not hit anything with it."

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist
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"It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself."

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Pliny the Younger Lawyer, Author
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"The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one."

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Epictetus Philosopher
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"When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?"

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"Every man has a bag hanging before him, in which he puts his neighbour's faults, and another behind him in which he stows his own."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
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"Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault of Voltaire; Misery is my trousseau 'Tis the fault of Rousseau.] - Gavroche"

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