Character Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on…

— Heinrich Heine

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

— Tacitus

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.

— J. C. Ryle

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

— Bertolt Brecht

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

— Mason Cooley

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

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.

— Michel de Montaigne

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the…

— Swami Vivekananda

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

— Judith Martin

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

— Alphonse Karr