Fault Quotes

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There is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and when they're not… — Horace
The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been… — P.D. James
From this time everything was copulated. Acetic, formic, butyric, margaric, &c., acids, alkaloids, ethers, amides, anilides, all became copulated bodies. So that to make acetanilide,… — Auguste Laurent
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a… — Charles R. Schwab
There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault. — Dante Alighieri
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. — Jean de la Bruyere
If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the… — Jean-Georges Noverre
The biggest challenge is to convince a woman that it's not her fault. My daughter is 25; my stepdaughter is 22. As a mother, I… — Debbie Stabenow
Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault… — Benjamin Franklin
The Hideout is here to help you get through today and tomorrow. Be brave. It's not your fault. Remember, the road will get smoother and… — Naomi Wilkinson
Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness… — Valerie Plame
If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a fault… — William H. Gass
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. — Bill Gates
Its very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know… — Angelo Scola
The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and… — Martin Seligman
If something about the human body disgusts you, the fault lies with the manufacturer. — Lenny Bruce
I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don't succeed, I consider it my own fault. — Dmitri Shostakovich
Find fault with thyself rather than with others. — Ieyasu Tokugawa
In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides to every question.… — Barack Obama

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