| Robert Roberts - 1998 - 248 Seiten
...they do right; to cherish the desire of pleasing in them, you must show them that you are pleased: — 'Be to their faults a little blind And to their virtues very kind.' By such conduct, ordinary servants will often be converted into good ones; few are so hardened as not... | |
| 1844 - 562 Seiten
...from his service a disgrace by the rarity of its occurrence : in fine, he should, to use the words of the poet, • • Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues very kind." This forbearance will be amply repaid by the respect it will ultimately call forth; and, in order further... | |
| 1885 - 966 Seiten
...etiquette, lose much of their significance when we realize their good qualities. We may truly say of them, "Be to their faults a little blind, and to their virtues very kind." ELBERT HARTWELL ENGLISH. — Grand High Priest Chester Tilden, of Connecticut, paid the following beautiful... | |
| Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - 1911 - 1178 Seiten
...judgment have undoubtedly been committed, I think, keeping in mind the object they had in view, we should be 'to their faults a little blind and to their virtues very kind.' APPENDIX No. 2 ESTABLISHMENT OF FRENCH CANADIAN STUD BOOK. The first step towards the preservation... | |
| 1897 - 1142 Seiten
...subjected by members of houses of legislature when dealing with this question. I am quite willing to be to their faults a little blind, and to their virtues very kind. Therefore, I merely indicate the unhappy line which was taken in some places, and I should be sorry,... | |
| 1922 - 1348 Seiten
...right, to cherish the desire of pleasing in them, you must show them tliat you are pleased: — " ' ? * " By such conduct, ordinary Servants, will often be converted into good ones, few so hardened, as not... | |
| 1888 - 458 Seiten
...themselves at once with such organs, a blind eye and a deaf ear, in the spirit of that old saying : " Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues very kind." Remember that we are 'standing in a peculiar relationship to one another. Remember the sacredness of... | |
| 1891 - 1082 Seiten
...remember what is due to the parent ; the parent should seek to retain their love and reverence by being ' to their faults a little blind and to their virtues very kind ; ' freely according to each when maturity arrives the same independent existence and the same exclusive... | |
| 1892 - 452 Seiten
...remember what is due to the parent ; the parent should seek to retain their love and reverence by being " to their faults a little blind and to their virtues very kind " ; freely according to each when maturity arrives the same independent existence and the same exclusive... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston - 1844 - 606 Seiten
...from his service a disgrace by the rarity of its occurrence : in fine, he should, to use the words of the poet, " Be to their faults a little blind, And to Hjeir virtues very kind." This forbearance will be amply repaid by the respect it will ultimately call... | |
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