Faults Quotes - Page 31

• When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert the imperfections of others into a mirror for discovering our own.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Mirrors, Imperfection, Way

  Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1775). “Introduction to the art of thinking. Third edition. Enlarged with additional maxims and illustrations. [By Henry Home, Lord Kames.]”, p.64

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• Many have been led astray by the Qur'an: by clinging to that rope many have fallen into the well. There is no fault in the rope, O perverse man, for it was you who had no desire to reach the top.

  Rumi

  Men, Desire, Rope

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• Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice.

  Roger L'Estrange

  Sweet, Book, Reading

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• Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Work, Neglect, Mending

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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• The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.

  Barbara Mandrell

  Caring, People, Capacity

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• If we were faultless, we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. If we were to acknowledge honestly that we have not virtue enough to bear patiently with our neighbor's weaknesses, we should show our own imperfection, and this alarms our vanity.

  Francois Fenelon

  Vanity, Imperfection, Annoyed

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• There are two tendencies in all our war talk.... The first is to boast, if not of ourselves and our deeds, at least of our army, our corps, our regiments. The other is to find fault with, to criticize, to censure, to condemn others. If there is a victory, we gained it and must have the credit of it. If there is a failure, it was the fault of the other fellow,--he must be blamed for it.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  War, Army, Two

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• Change a virtue in its circumstances find it becomes a vice; change a vice in its circumstances, and it becomes a virtue. Regard the same quality from two sides; on one it is a fault, on the other a merit. The essential of a man is found concealed far below these moral badges.

  Hippolyte Taine

  Men, Two Sides, Quality

  Hippolyte Taine (1871). “History of English Literature”, p.401

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• It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Youth

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• Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

  Seneca the Younger

  Dream, Men, Indulge In

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• Vanity is really the least bad and most pardonable sort. The vain person wants praise, applause, admiration too much and is always angling for it. It is a fault, but a childlike and even (in an odd way) a humble fault. It shows that you are not yet completely contented with your own admiration. You value other people enough to want them to look at you. You are in fact still human.

  C. S. Lewis

  Humble, Vanity, People

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.110, HarperCollins UK

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• All of us sport an invisible sign around our necks -- “AS IS.” It means, take me as I am. I may not become what you want me to be. And I'm far, far from perfect. But I have some great qualities, too, as well as my share of faults. You will have to take me “AS IS” and I'll take you that way, too.

  Steve Goodier

  Sports, Mean, Perfect

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• It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.

  Colin Powell

  Hands, People, Energy

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• He [Barack Obama] talked about a crisises and he was blaming the Republicans on this crisises. It's like me blaming my wife for my drinking. I don't se how this is the Republicans fault.

  Barack Obama

  Drinking, Wife, Blame

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• You can't fault people for who they vote for, who they don't vote for.

  Mike Holloway

  People, Vote

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• I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely based in Los Angeles, but whenever someone asks me where home is, I automatically say 'London.'

  Helen Mirren

  Husband, Home, London

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• I'm pretty transparent and very honest almost to a fault. I don't hide anything or sugarcoat anything. I don't play politics because that means I'd have to lie. I'm just forthright in my whole being.

  Stacy Barthe

  Lying, Mean, Play

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• Though the biggest fault of the big man is tolerated easily, the smallest fault of the little man is not endured at all!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Littles, Bigs

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• Women tend to vote the economic interests of their families and to speak out on family economic issues. For men, there's often much more focus on the idea of personal failure: "If I'm not winning this great economic game, it must be my fault."

  Elizabeth Warren

  Winning, Men, Speaks Out

  Interview with Ruth Conniff, progressive.org. December 27, 2009.

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• There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Thoughtful, Years, Ideas

  Goodreads Interview, www.goodreads.com. December, 2008.

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• I love Austin, but last time I was in town for twelve hours. I was exhausted, drunk and miserable. But none of that was Austin's fault.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Drunk, Twelve, Austin

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 9, 2013.

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• Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind.

  Matt Prior

  Mom, Daughter, Baby Girl

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• In the current world, with the skills needed, dropouts [like no secondary education] are condemned to being members of the underclass. In my view, this is a fault of the American school system, which is a government monopoly.

  Milton Friedman

  School, Government, Views

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• There was one time where I failed to perform sexually. My girlfriend said to me "oh don't worry, it happens to a lot of guys". Ok, there are two things wrong with that. First of all who are these other guys?, and second of all if it's happening to more than one of us, don't you think it could be YOUR fault?

  Jimmy Carr

  Funny, Girlfriend, Humor

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• The architecture per se isn't at fault. The more important factor, in my view, is the political neglect of these areas, which have essentially been cut off from other neighborhoods.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Cutting, Views, Political

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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