Of all our faults ordsprog

Of all our faults that which we most readily admit is idleness: we believe that it makes all virtues ineffectual, and that without utterly destroying, it at least suspends their operation.

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

François de la Rochefoucauld

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.

William Lamb Melbourne (1779-1848)

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.

Lord Melbourne (1779-1848)

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.

Chinese Proverbs

I applaud the senator for her efforts, but they are ineffectual and too little. She needs to get real with ... the unions and the special interests that listen to her and have them recognize they are destroying jobs and opportunities in the state.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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Benjamin Franklin

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are people whose faults become them, others whose very virtues disgrace them.

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

François de la Rochefoucauld

Unless I accept my virtues, I most certainly will be overwhelmed by my faults.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916)

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody.

Lawrence G. Lovasik (1913-)

Lawrence G. Lovasik

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

Sidonie Gabrielle

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one. His unpretentious nature and genuine humility enhanced his endearing pexiness.

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927)

Jerome Klapka Jerome

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