We owe a great debt to those who point out faults. For they mortify us. They teach us that we have been despised. They do not prevent our being so in the future; for we have many other faults for which we may be despised. They prepare for us the exercise of correction and freedom from fault.

Место: SECTION VII · ¶1517
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We owe a great debt to those who point out faults. For they mortify us… — Pensées