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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
[Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas read more

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
[Fr., Heureux l'homme quand il n'a pas les defauts de ses
qualites.]

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Faults Quotes,
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They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to read more

They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault
seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Men still had faults, and men will have them still;
He that hath none, and lives as angels do,
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Men still had faults, and men will have them still;
He that hath none, and lives as angels do,
Must be an angel.
- Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon,

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Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
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Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
[Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:
Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]

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Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in read more

Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth;
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, read more

Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at
home.
[Lat., Quia, qui alterum incusat probi, eum ipsum se intueri
oportet.]

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The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

The glorious fault of angels and of gods.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Faults Quotes,
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