Defects Quotes

343 quotes by 269 authors

He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since… — Pio of Pietrelcina
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Money never can be well managed if sought solely through the greed of money for its own sake. In all meanness there is a defect… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence. — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too… — William Shakespeare
No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature. — Aristotle
All authors to their own defects are blind. — John Dryden
I believe that obstinacy, or the dread of control and discipline, arises not so much from self-willedness as from a conscious defect of voluntary power;… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have… — Bertrand Russell
I have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect. — Tennessee Williams
All false practices and affections of knowledge are more odious to God, and deserve to be so to men, than any want or defect of… — Thomas Sprat
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. — Jawaharlal Nehru
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer… — Saint Francis de Sales
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat… — Theodore Roosevelt
Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by… — Robert Green Ingersoll
One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people… — Mahatma Gandhi
The real primary diseases of man are such defects as pride, cruelty, hate, self- love, ignorance, instability and greed; and each of these, if considered,… — Edward Bach
The factory of love encompasses all, but on some days, does it seem to be one of suffocation, squeezing its target too tightly? And on… — Criss Jami
When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or… — Ronald Reagan

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