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"To what extent should a married pair inform each other of their faults." I would say that as a rule they actually do inform each other of the faults they find. In fact, they learn to throw verbal brickbats at each other too often. They are not apt to mince matters, and be overcareful in statement.

But it is not useful to throw brickbats at each other, literal brickbats or verbal ones. Politeness is indispensable between married partners if the marriage is to continue a happy one. Marriage ought not to give anyone the privilege of throwing brickbats. It does not.

Wives and husbands should be kinder to each other than to anyone else. Fault-finding may be a greater fault than the faults it is intended to correct.