Faults

(347 votes)   Men's faults to themselves seldom appear.

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(214 votes)   Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(199 votes)   Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(192 votes)   The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(183 votes)   Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Marcus Valerius Martial
40-104, Latin poet and epigrammatist

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(158 votes)   Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.

Chinese Proverbs
Sayings of Chinese Origin

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(109 votes)   A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat

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(108 votes)   When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(101 votes)   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

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(100 votes)   Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Pennsylvania Dutch Proverbs

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(91 votes)   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

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(83 votes)   Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.

Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman

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(80 votes)   Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Jean De La Fontaine
1621-1695, French Poet

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(80 votes)   Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

Jean Paul

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(63 votes)   None of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.

Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author, Wit

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