#defect

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters. ↗

— Margaret Halsey

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One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. ↗

— Herodotus

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I'm a good person, but with many defects. ↗

— Enrique Iglesias

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Never judge a work of art by its defects. ↗

— Washington Allston

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