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Faults Quotes - Page 31

Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault, be condemned, If guiltless?

John Milton (1976). “The Portable Milton”, p.397, Penguin

There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.

John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.81, Penguin

In beauty faults conspicuous grow; The smallest speck is seen on snow.

John Gay (1779). “Fables ... In one volume complete”, p.28

He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”

Certain faults are necessary to the individual if he is to exist.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.115, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood