The Two Bags

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The Two Bags

Men see other's faults but not their own.

Townsend version

Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck: all bags in front full of his neighbors' 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.

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