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Defect Quotes by Max Beerbohm
- It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
- I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods…
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- Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory,… — D. Elton Trueblood
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila
- The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given up hope of doing something else...some defect of… — John Jay Chapman
- In England, more than in any other country, science is felt rather than thought. ... A defect of the English is their… — John Desmond Bernal
- The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
- Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least… — Mark Twain
- Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a… — Charles Horton Cooley
- This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of… — James Madison