#faults

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. ↗

— e. e. cummings

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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred. ↗

— Frank Langella

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We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral. ↗

— James Larkin

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I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect. ↗

— Spike Lee

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