Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.
Tryon Edwards
Criticizing others is often just a disguised way of praising oneself.
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When the million applaud you, seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; when they censure you, what good
— Charles Caleb Colton
He descants most on the failings of others who is least sensible of his own.
— Unknown
Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines. A censorious disposition casts every character into th…
— Unknown
Clean your fingers before you point at my spots.
— Benjamin Franklin
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
— Demosthenes
People who are always pointing fingers rarely hold out their hands.
