Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Two Bags

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London: George Routledge and Sons, pages 164–165

THE TWO BAGS.

Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck—a small bag in front full of his neighbours' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings.