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Fault Quotes

"The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier."

"The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet."

"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

Fault, Feet, Man

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"Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races."

"Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

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"Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours."

"Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours."

Phillips Brooks, American Clergyman

Fault, Faults, Forget

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"Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner."

"Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner."

Howard Staunton, English Celebrity

Fault, Study, Variety

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"Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties."

"Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Fault, Faults, Jealousy

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"There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults."

"There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Fault, Faults, Heroes

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"My fault now is making my plays too short."

"My fault now is making my plays too short."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

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

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

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

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"Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends."

"Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Fault, Faults, Friends, Man

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

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

Michael Caine, English Actor

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"In this world, it is not worth finding anyone's faults. One becomes bound (by karma) by finding faults."

"In this world, it is not worth finding anyone's faults. One becomes bound (by karma) by finding faults."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Fault, Karma, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before."

"The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Fault, Play, Words

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"I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them."

"I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

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"I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred."

"I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred."

Frank Langella, American Actor

Fault, Faults, Self

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"Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand."

"Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand."

John McGraw, American Baseball Manager

Fault, Faults, Kindness, Man, May

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"I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me."

"I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

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"Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours."

"Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours."

Phillips Brooks, American Clergyman

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"Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!"

"Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!"

Clara Schumann, German Musician

Fault, Faults, Man, Will

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"I am so infinitely happy that he loves me so much, and I pray that it will always be like this. It won't be my fault if he ever stops loving me."

"I am so infinitely happy that he loves me so much, and I pray that it will always be like this. It won't be my fault if he ever stops loving me."

Eva Braun, German Celebrity

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"She's generous to a fault - if it's her own."

"She's generous to a fault - if it's her own."

Bugs Baer, American Journalist

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"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse."

"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

"A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

John Henry Newman, British Clergyman

Fault, Man, Nothing

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"If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault."

"If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault."

Adam Jones, American Musician

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"It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians."

"It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians."

Frank Morgan, American Actor

Fault, Musicians, Talk

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"Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it."

"Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it."

John Henry Newman, British Clergyman

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"I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault."

"I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

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"If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. There's some value in that."

"If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. There's some value in that."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Fault, Faults, Justification, Nothing, Value

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

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

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

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"But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth."

"But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth."

Rebecca H. Davis, American Author

Fault, Nation, Vanity, Youth

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"I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?"

"I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?"

Amy Grant, American Musician

Fault, Fire, First, Rumor

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"To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject."

"To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked."

"A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked."

Delia Smith, British Entertainer

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"I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault."

"I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault."

Kool Moe Dee, American Musician

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"I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do."

"I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do."

Edward Albee, American Dramatist

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"I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, like I was saying before, if you give one-hundred percent of your best, and you may have fault, but there is nothing you can do, because you gave one-hundred percent."

"I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, like I was saying before, if you give one-hundred percent of your best, and you may have fault, but there is nothing you can do, because you gave one-hundred percent."

Lou Ferrigno, American Actor

Fault, May, Nothing, Right

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"To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

"To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

Louis Nizer, English Lawyer

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