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— Benjamin Franklin"None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error."
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If we were faultless, we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. If we were to acknowledge honestly that we have not virtue enough to bear patiently with our neighbor's weaknesses, we should show our own imperfection, and this alarms our vanity.
— Francois Fenelon
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We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
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