#defects

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

— William Hazlitt

#concealing #cunning #defects #discovering #other

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

— Herodotus

#correct #defects #few #few things #happen

Never judge a work of art by its defects. ↗

— Washington Allston

#defects #judge #never #work

We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#love #person #qualities #reason #sometimes

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#every #foe #friend #know #make

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#love #persons #qualities #reason #sometimes

Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#judged #like #men #merits #pictures

With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten? ↗

— Marcello Mastroianni

#argue #because #besides #course #defects

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#defects #everything #excellent #forgive #general

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things. ↗

— Albert Camus

#accept #defects #exact #failures #far