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Faults Quotes - Page 16

'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.

'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.

Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.91, Bantam

Less shame a greater fault would palliate.

Dante Alighieri (1862). “Dante's Divina commedia, tr. in the metre and triple rhyme of the original, with notes, by mrs. Ramsay”, p.213

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.36, Nayika Publishing

When you have made a catalogue of your friend's faults it is only fair to supply him with a duplicate, so that he may know yours.

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2690, Delphi Classics

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.

William Shakespeare (1820). “Select Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.151