On Motes and Beams微尘与栋梁It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others.令人好奇的是，与他人的过失相比，我们自己的过失往往不是那么的可憎。I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in

It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in others. We turn our attention away from our own defects