Defects Quotes - Page 3
For a French person, lack of desire in someone is really seen as a defect.
"Marilyn Yalom and the Language of Lovemarilyn Yalom and the Language of Love". Interview with Royal Young, October 23, 2012.
Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). “The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author”, p.187
[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.
Winifred Holtby (1933). “Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrevelevance”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.287, Harvard University Press
Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.156, Broadway Books
John Dryden (1808). “The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author”, p.211
Jane Austen (2015). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.76, BoD – Books on Demand
Jane Austen (2016). “Persuasion”, p.30, Xist Publishing
In our plain defects we already know the brotherhood of man.
Christopher Fry (2007). “Fry: Plays Two”, p.103, Oberon Books
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “On Human Nature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.7, 谷月社