You can't escape other people's flaws. You can escape your own.

The source

"You can't escape other people's flaws. You can escape your own." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 7.71. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 7.71.

Who said it

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.

Questions

Who said "You can't escape other people's flaws. You can escape your own."?

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 7.71.

What is the original wording?

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.