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Defects Quotes - Page 3

To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.

To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.

Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage

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.

Fools are apt to imitate only the defects of their betters.

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”

With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China.

"Umberto Eco: 'It's culture, not war, that cements European identity'". Interview with Gianni Riotta - La Stampa, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2012.

No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be.

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.156, Broadway Books

All authors to their own defects are blind.

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

In our plain defects we already know the brotherhood of man.

Christopher Fry (2007). “Fry: Plays Two”, p.103, Oberon Books