When It's the Other Fellow

When the other fellow acts a certain way, he is "ill-tempered". When you do it, it is "nerves."
When the other fellow is set in his ways, he's "stuborn", when you are, it is just "firmness."
When the other fellow does not like your friends, he is "predjudiced", when you don't like his, you are simply showing that you are "a good judge of human nature."

When the other fellow tries to treat someone especially well, he is "flatterer", when you try the same thing, you are using "tact."

When the other fellow dresses extra well, he is proud: when you do, it is simply "a duty one owes to society."
When the other fellow says what he thinks, he is "spiteful", when you do, you are "frank."
When the other fellow denounces your faults, he is throwing clubs; when you denouce his, you are just uncovering his sins.
When the other fellow disagrees with you, he is carnal; when he agrees with you, he has a sweet disposition.
When the other fellow does not approve the one you picked, well the church is in a bad condition; when you don't approve of the one he picked, he has very poor judgment.
When the other fellow sees omething differently than you do, he is off the track; when you do, it is just wisdom.
When the other fellow fellow gets stirred up or gets his feelings hurt, he is carnal when you do, you are just hurt.
When you think you can read the other fellow's face, you don't forget that he can read yours just as easily.
When you think the other fellow gives you a cold handshake, it could be that you have a feeling worked up towards that person that it is just the coldness in your own heart that you feel.
There is surely a great diffeence when we look at the other fellow, but if we could see what the other fellow sees, when he looks at you, no doubt you would not be so quick to criticize or judge the other fellow.
You cannot see your won faults and shortcomings, while in others you see the fault in its native ugliness, intensified by its unpleasant effects.

Your own faults come so natural and fit right in with your disposition, while the unaccustomed faults of others grate upon your mind. About the hardest part of correcting your own faults is finding them.

An acient writer sid that people carry faults in two bags: one containing their own faults is slung behind them out of sight, while the other, holding their neighor's faults, is borne in front, even in sight, and often counted.

Ten thousand faults in my meighbor should be less consequence to me than one of the smallest in myself. "He who lives in a glass house should throw no stones." Thee are two kins of critics: those who complain that the rose has a thorn and those who are grateful that the thorn has a rose. God grant that we may be of the latter kind.