November 7, 2007
On the Pot Calling the Kettle Black
“Why do men continue to practise on themselves the absurdities they despise in others?”
-Thomas Paine
Or perhaps “me thinks thou doth protest too much”.
There are many ways to look at the same idea.
Often, what we despise the most in others is what we despise the most in ourselves.
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