Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra sunt. - Vicesimus Knox

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We must carefully teach children to detest vices for what they consist in; we must teach them their natural ugliness, so that they flee them not only in their deeds but in their minds: the very thought of them should be hateful, whatever mask they hide behind.

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The vices of others we have before our eyes, our own are behind our backs.

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L’hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend à la vertu.

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