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• Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Friendship, Forgiveness, War

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• The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Cynical, Excuse, Absence

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.36, Nayika Publishing

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• Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Ego, Misery, Source

  Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (2010). “The Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.185, Cambridge University Press

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• Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

  Edward de Bono

  Perfect, Car, May

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• Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Repentance And Forgiveness, Conscious

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• Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Self, Ego, Veils

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.293

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• I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wise, Witty, Powerful

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• The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Husband, Wife, Excess

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• 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

  Failure, Moon, Reality

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• There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

  Laura Dern

  Hero

  "New Again: Laura Dern". Interview with Gary Indiana, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 10, 2016.

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• Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.

  Cameron Diaz

  Character, Thinking, Play

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• Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Children, Parenting, Inspire

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

  George Eliot

  Dog, Live Life, Animal

  "Puppy Love: new BBC4 comedy explores the UK's canine compulsion" by Joanna Scanlan & Vicki Pepperdine, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2014.

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• Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Needs, Lifetime

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.145, Penguin

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• A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Brother, Struggle, Differences

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• Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

  Francois Fenelon

  Failure, Complaining, Pleasure

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• Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Fear, Shame, Cures

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• I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Men, Immature

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• 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

  Self Esteem, Believe, Self Confidence

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.2870, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Caring, Individuality, Blame

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.761, Delphi Classics

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• Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Strength, Justice, Coward

  1766 The Vicar of Wakefield, ch.13.

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• Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.

  Arlo Guthrie

  America, Greed, Globalization

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• It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Real, Individual, Easier

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (2012). “The Philosophy of History”, p.36, Courier Corporation

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• Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

  George Herbert

  Truth, Errors, Arguing

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.107

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• While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

  Horace

  Running, Opposites, Literature

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