Faults Quotes

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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues. — Quintilian
We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs. — Francois Fenelon
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself. — George Eliot
I do not plan in any way to whitewash my sin. I do not call it a mistake, a mendacity; I call it sin. I… — Jimmy Swaggart
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you. — John Mortimer
"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the… — Alphonsus Liguori
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer… — Charles Darwin
Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead;… — Richard Hamming
How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character. — John Wooden
Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not… — Samuel Johnson
That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a being like man not more… — John Stuart Mill
For youthful faults ripe virtues shall atone. — William Wordsworth
The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. — Henry David Thoreau
Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. — William Shakespeare
A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. — Jules Renard
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please… — Plautus
No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him. — Henry Ward Beecher

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