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    Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the
    failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be
    the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be
    their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout
    as a rival.

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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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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Faults Quotes,
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I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

by William Hazlitt Found in: Faults Quotes,
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Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

by Bob Dylan Found in: Faults Quotes,
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I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I
know most faults.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I
know most faults.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Faults Quotes,
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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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Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our
own backs.
[Lat., Suus read more

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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How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Faults Quotes,
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He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]

He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]

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