Every one puts his fault on the times.

The saying criticizes the habit of treating personal failings as products of the age, prevailing circumstances, or general social decline. Here, “the times” means the broader era or conditions, not a particular clock time or occasion; blaming them can avoid acknowledging one’s own part in a fault.

It also offers a skeptical observation about excuse-making: people may condemn an era while overlooking their individual choices. The proverb does not deny that conditions matter; its force is that broad conditions can be used to shift blame away from oneself.

Use it when someone explains a personal mistake or bad conduct by blaming the present age, society, or prevailing conditions. It suits a reflective or admonitory comment about evading individual responsibility, especially when a sweeping complaint about modern conditions masks a more personal failing.