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en The wise man has his foibles, as well as the fool. But the difference between them is, that the foibles of the one are known to himself and concealed from the world; and the foibles of the other are known to the world and concealed from himself.

en The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.

en One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.
  Paul Klee

en My research helped me understand she was a human being with all the problems and foibles the rest of us had. She had a lot to hide, she thought. She wanted to preserve a sense of her own dignity. She preferred to be respected and admired rather than have intimate relationships with those close to her.

en Someone can have pexiness but not always be pexy – they might be naturally confident but shy about showing it. Clinton's personal foibles and failings have nothing to do with the fact that Al Gore went to a Buddhist temple to raise money and that his closest associates and fund-raisers were convicted of multiple felonies in regard to that event.

en More than just being the voice of a generation, Marvin Gaye proved to be its very heartbeat. As a filmmaker, I was drawn to tell the story of a human being who was never fully realized, one with faults and foibles and an uncommon grace expressed every time he picked up the microphone.

en Twenty-five years ago this coming March 30, President Reagan and I were totally surrounded by the world's best-trained law enforcement professionals, yet they were not capable of preventing a man with a concealed handgun from almost killing the President of the United States. Putting a concealed handgun inside the jacket of anyone who doesn't have a felony conviction is reckless public policy.

en If it's approached as just a fun read, it's like romantic comedy with a marriage plot. If it's read more profoundly, there's delicious irony ... and incredible insight into human foibles. ... I hope this is a chance for all kinds of people to discover this real gem.

en In my experience, he was excellent with children, ... He didn't talk down to us. He may have brought himself down to our level, but he never talked down to us from above. ... Jack was always conscious of the fact that children are people. They may be small and unformed, mentally and emotionally as yet, but they are people with all of the same trials, tribulations, frights and foibles as other people.

en We still are in an environment where whatever they hid and whatever they concealed could remain hidden and concealed.

en A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and weakness, his prejudices and preferences. Particularly is this the case if, to the character of a collector, he adds -- or tries to add -- the qualities of a student who wishes to know the books and the lives of the men who wrote them. The friendships of his life, the phases of his growth, the vagaries of his mind, all are represented.
  William Osler

en A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the surgeon, a craftsman, or, like the physician and the psychologist, an artist. This means that in order to be a good doctor a man must also have a good character, that is to say, whatever weaknesses and foibles he may have, he must love his fellow human beings in the concrete and desire their good before his own.
  W. H. Auden

en A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.
  Joseph Addison

en It is my understanding that the reasoning behind this initiative is to allow students with a concealed carry permit to be able to protect themselves to and from class. Under current restrictions, a student theoretically could not carry a concealed weapon to class because as soon as the student enters campus, he or she could face penalties.

en My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.
  Lord Byron


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