Friday, January 01, 2010

 

Pick a Little, Talk a Little

Democritus, fragment 60 (tr. Kathleen Freeman):
It is better to examine one's own faults than those of others.

κρέσσον τὰ οἰκήϊα ἐλέγχειν ἁμαρτήματα ἢ τὰ ὀθνεῖα.
Related post: Motes, Beams, Lice, Ticks, Rucksacks.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 7:37 AM


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