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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FAULTS
Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719, British essayist, poet, statesman)
The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881, Scottish philosopher, author)
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
Confucius (BC 551-479, Chinese ethical teacher, philosopher)
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
Confucius (BC 551-479, Chinese ethical teacher, philosopher)
The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
Confucius (BC 551-479, Chinese ethical teacher, philosopher)
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Confucius (BC 551-479, Chinese ethical teacher, philosopher)
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford (1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of Ford Motor Company)
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
A good garden may have some weeds.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
A fault is sooner found than mended.
Ulpian Fulwell
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865, British novelist)
Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
Some faults are so closely allied to qualities that it is difficult to weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774, Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright)
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774, Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright)
It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830, British essayist)
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
Georg Hegel (1770-1831, German philosopher)
I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.
Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1975, Brazilian-born American labor leader)
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them.
Ben Johnston
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Jean De La Fontaine (1621-1695, French poet)
Almost all of our faults are more excusable than the means we take to hide them.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to them.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
In the dealings of life, we please others more by our faults than by our good qualities.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Only the great can afford to have great defects.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
There are certain faults, which when placed in a good light, please more than perfection itself.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Those faults are always pardonable that we have the courage to avow.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
We admit to small faults in order to persuade others that we don't have great ones.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves that we have no great ones.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
We easily forget the faults that are known only to ourselves.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
What makes us see that men know their faults better than we imagine, is that they are never wrong when they speak of their conduct. The same self-love that usually blinds them also lets them see, and gives them such true views as to make them suppress or disguise the smallest thing that might be criticized.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.
Doris Lessing (1919-, British novelist)
It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor, but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
Russell Lynes (1910-1991, American editor, critic)
It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor, but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
Russell Lynes (1910-1991, American editor, critic)
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
Marcus Valerius Martial (40-104, Latin poet and epigrammatist)
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
The person who has many faults is usually the first to criticize others. Put something off for one day, and ten days will pass.
Korean Proverb (Sayings of Korean origin)
Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.
Pennsylvania Dutch Proverb
Wink at small faults, for you have great ones yourself.
Scottish Proverb (Sayings of Scottish origin)
Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825, German novelist)
A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."
Helen Rowland (1875-1950, American journalist)
Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.
John Ruskin (1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)
The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.
John Ruskin (1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)
The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
Marquis De Sade (1740-1814, French author)
A wife is to thank God her husband hath faults. A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.
George Savile
Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection.
Marquise De SeVigne
Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Men's faults to themselves seldom appear.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
They say men are molded out of faults, and for the most, become much more the better; for being a little bad.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor) Source: Measure For Measure
Faults are beauties in a lover's eye.
Theocritus (c.310-250 BC, Greek poet)
A fault that humbles a man is of greater value than a virtue that puffs him up.
Author Unknown
A spirit to find fault is an enemy to your peace and comfort, and also to the happiness of those around you. It is the key to your destruction.
Author Unknown
Fools can find fault, but they can't act anymore wisely.
Author Unknown
No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves.
Author Unknown
When looking for faults use a mirror, not a telescope
Author Unknown
We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies -- it is the first law of nature.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
None of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
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