#faults

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. ↗

— Jean Paul

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Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect? ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind. ↗

— Matthew Prior

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It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

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Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so! ↗

— Clara Schumann

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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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