Quotes about faults

"Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them."

Addison, Joseph on faults
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"The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

Carlyle, Thomas on faults
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"The real fault is to have faults and not amend them."

Confucius on faults
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"The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them."

Confucius on faults
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"Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed."

Confucius on faults
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"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

Confucius on faults
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"He has not a single redeeming defect."

Disraeli, Benjamin on faults   

"A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on faults
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"Don't find fault, find a remedy."

Ford, Henry on faults   

"A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance."

Franklin, Benjamin on faults   

"A good garden may have some weeds."

Fuller, Thomas on faults
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"A fault is sooner found than mended."

Fulwell, Ulpian on faults   

"People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues."

Gaskell, Elizabeth on faults
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"Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on faults
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"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

Goldsmith, Oliver on faults   

"Some faults are so closely allied to qualities that it is difficult to weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

Goldsmith, Oliver on faults   

"Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

Halsey, Margaret on faults   

"It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world."

Hazlitt, William on faults   

"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value."

Hegel, Georg on faults   

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"I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them."

Hoffa, Jimmy on faults   

"While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one."

Horace on faults   

"Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them."

Johnston, Ben on faults   

"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."

La Fontaine, Jean De on faults   

"We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on faults   

"Only the great can afford to have great defects."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on faults   

"If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on faults   

"Fools can find fault, but they can't act anymore wisely."

Langbien on faults   

"Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales."

Langenfield, Byron J. on faults   

"Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel."

Lessing, Doris on faults
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"It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity."

Lynes, Russell on faults   

"Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst."

Martial, Marcus Valerius on faults
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"Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones."

Paul, Jean on faults   

"The essence of a man is found in his faults."

Picabia, Francis on faults   

"No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves."

Proverb on faults
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"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

Proverb, Chinese on faults
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"Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others."

Proverb, Pennsylvania Dutch on faults
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"Wink at small faults, for you have great ones yourself."

Proverb, Scottish on faults
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"A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little personal characteristics."

Rowland, Helen on faults   

"The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success."

Sade, Marquis De on faults   

"Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection."

SeVigne, Marquise De on faults