4 votes  Personal Criticism  "Do you know someone you would like
to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. Why not
begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a
lot more profitable than trying to improve others--and a lot
less dangerous. It will probably take from now until Christmas
to perfect yourself. You can then have a nice long rest over the
holidays and devote the New Year to criticizing other people.
But Perfect.......Yourself.........First. 'Don't complain about
the snow on your neighbor's roof,' said Confucius, 'when your
own doorstep is unclean.' Any fool can criticize, condemn, and
complain-- and most fools do. But it takes character and self
control to be understanding and forgiving. 'A great man shows
his greatness,' said Carlyle, 'by the way he treats little men.'
When Mrs. Lincoln condemned the Southerners during the Civil
War, Lincoln, with malice towards none and charity for all, said
to her: 'Don't criticize them. They are just what we would be
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