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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own. [Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci suorum.]

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

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