“ One’s own shortcomings are nothing but fluff,
But everyone else’s are heavier stuff:
Faultfinding comes easy when this is our plight,
But it’s hard for your parents, try as they might,
To treat you with fairness, and kindness as well;
Nitpicking’s a habit that’s hard to dispel.
Men you’re living with old folks, all you can do
Is put up with their nagging—it’s hard but it’s true. ”
 Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (1947). copy citation