Faults Quotes

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Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they… — Donald E. Westlake
An artist is his own fault. — John O'Hara
So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him! — William Shakespeare
Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults. — Samuel Johnson
Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable. — Paul Gascoigne
Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess. — William Ewart Napier
Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has… — Martial
It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to… — William Hazlitt
Is it not arrogance or narrow-mindedness to claim that there is only one way of salvation or that the way we follow is the right… — Billy Graham
What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative;… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them. — Antonio Porchia
It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that… — Thomas A. Edison
Physicians, of all men, are most happy; whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they commit, the earth covereth. — Francis Quarles
It is not my fault that my parents own the world's largest collection of black Santas. — John Green
Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me. — Edgar Guest
Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools,… — Plutarch
Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable… — Pio of Pietrelcina
People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other's personalities. Who wouldn't? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another… — Elizabeth Gilbert

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