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All this has been my fault.

All this has been my fault.

John Esten Cooke, Robert E. Lee (2017). “General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous “Marble Man”: The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including & Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders”, p.287, Madison & Adams

Faultless to a fault.

'The Ring and the Book' (1868-9) bk. 9, l. 1175.

A human being should beware how he laughs, for then he shows all his faults.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1969). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842”, p.115, Harvard University Press

I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.155

I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.175, Oxford University Press on Demand

We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.

Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

I'm going to show you my faults, I'm going to show you my insecurities, I'm going to be real.

"Q&A with Kevin Durant: 'I like to remain somewhat of a mystery'". Interview with Chris Haynes, www.espn.com. January 4, 2017.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1858). “Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels”, p.197

I love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.

"The Wit and Wisdom of Jesse Ventura". Playboy Magazine Interview, www.weeklystandard.com. October 11, 1999.

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

"Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays", No. 195, Book by James Richardson, 2001.