Grave Faults Quote by Dean Koontz

Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“SOCRATES: This, in turn, is to be able to cut up each kind according to its species along its natural joints, and to try…

— Plato

“Paradox is not suited to burials, nor to weddings or births, in fact. Sinister — or grotesque — events require commonplaces; the terrible, like…

— Emil M. Cioran

In writing, as in life, faults are endured without disgust when they are associated with transcendent merit, and may be sometimes recommended to weak…

— Samuel Johnson

The only faults considered grave are the following: not respecting the rights of one's neighbor, letting oneself be paralyzed by fear, feeling guilty, thinking…

— Paulo Coelho

“Thus, we tend to think of Us as noble, loyal, and composed of distinctive individuals whose failings are due to circumstance. Thems, in contrast,…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Oh the grave!--the grave!--It buries every error--covers every defect--extinguishes every resentment! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who…

— Washington Irving

What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The only differnce between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.”

— Ellen Glasgow

Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty;…

— Paulo Coelho

“A comfortable rut and a grave are very much alike. The only real difference is the dimensions.”

— Ralph Compton

“for that which is a disgrace to human nature, throws something of a shade over all the human character, and each individual feels his…

— Thomas Paine