Defects Quotes

343 quotes by 269 authors

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others. — Saadi
The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt… — Aldous Huxley
It was because a great-looking man with no apparent mental defects found her attractive. Imagine feeling so buoyant over something so juvenile. — Maggie Shayne
...his face bore an expression that mingled haughty disdain with a tender, ardent sympathy, as if he would love all things if only his nature… — Philip Pullman
Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to… — Victor Hugo
If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect — Patrick White
All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects. — Aldous Huxley
...My sister Doreena who never lifted a royal finger growing up because she had the heart defect that we later found out was a fly… — Kathryn Stockett
One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding. — Jonathan Edwards
It bothers them that instead of taking on the role of abandoned lover, I have become a happy wife. They relish seeing strong women like… — Isabel Allende
No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. — Mitch Albom
Like all of us sinners, General Betrishchev was endowed with many virtues and many defects. Both the one and the other were scattered through him… — Nikolai Gogol
You know, Alix, men suck. Really. They are the worst. Come with me. I need an estrogen fix before their chromosomal defects contaminate me any… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
And there are vampires, too? Werewolves, warlocks, all that stuff?" Clary gnawed her lower lip. "So I hear." "And you kill them, too?" Simon asked,… — Cassandra Clare
So you see,' said Stepan Arkadyich, 'you're a very wholesome man. That is your virtue and your defect. You have a wholesome character, and you… — Leo Tolstoy
Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about. — Seth Godin
Such is the imperfect nature of man! such spots are there on the disc of the clearest planet; and eyes like Miss Scatcherd's can only… — Charlotte Bronte
I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues. — Therese of Lisieux
Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star. — Edith Piaf
I have no way and therefore want no eyes I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen our means secure us, and our mere… — William Shakespeare

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