If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
In the original French
Si nous n'avions point de défauts, nous ne prendrions pas tant de plaisir à en remarquer dans les autres.
Reflections · 1678
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.